ABSTRACT
Most branches of the Khoisan people (the Korana, Ng’huki, Seroa, Xam, Xegwi, and Xiri) are either extinct or nearly extinct. The Nama survive, mainly in Namibia-there are some 146,000 (1995) in Namibia and South Africa. The ancient rock paintings of the San people, thousands of years old, are the evocative, if sometimes enigmatic, repositories of the mythic system of the San. The graphic images tell a story of intrepid San hunters, magnificent herds of animals, and the gods. These ancient “museums” are a part of southern Africa’s storytelling treasure.
