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Namibia and in north west Botswana.
The above-mentioned San workers transcribe the tape recordings and translate them from Ju/'hoan (pronounced “ju-twan) into English. The complex compilation of the San culture thus created will make it possible for young San to preserve an awareness of their own cultural heritage. Its roots, as evidenced by archaeological finds, go back at least 40,000, possibly even
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75,000 years – a time span in which people lived in a almost the same way as the Ju/'hoan until very recently.
Meanwhile, many San have recognised how important it is for their children to speak their mother tongue for the first three years of primary school and be familiarised with their traditions. Only in this way are they in a position to secure and continue their literary tradition. At the
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