ABSTRACT
Much has been written about the San of southern Africa, originally called Bushmen 2 (McGown 2006: 8; Wynberg and Chennells 2009: 91), and the Hoodia plant. Whereas the fascination of the narrative seems to override the critique of the excessive repetition involved each time the narrative is retold, we wish to focus on points which lay the foundation for a new analytical perspective of this narrative – the common pools perspective.
