ǃKung people

The ǃKung (/ˈkʊŋ/[1][a] KUUNG) are one of the San peoples who live mostly on the western edge of the Kalahari desert, Ovamboland (northern Namibia and southern Angola), and Botswana.[2] The names ǃKung (ǃXun) and Ju are variant words for 'people', preferred by different ǃKung groups. This band level society used traditional methods of hunting and gathering for subsistence up until the 1970s.[3] Today, the great majority of ǃKung people live in the villages of Bantu pastoralists and European ranchers.[2]

  1. ^ "Kung". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster.
  2. ^ a b Draper, P. (1975). "ǃKung Women: Contrasts in Sexual Egalitarianism in Foraging and Sedentary Contexts". Anthropology Faculty Publications. 45: #1Lib1Ref.
  3. ^ Konner, M.; Shostak, M. (1987). "Timing and Management of Birth among the ǃKung: Biocultural Interaction in Reproductive Adaptation". Cultural Anthropology. 2 (1): 11–28. doi:10.1525/can.1987.2.1.02a00030. JSTOR 656392.


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