by katie.d | May 7, 2026 | Video
by katie.d | Nov 13, 2017 | blog
I don’t want too write much on the bushmen fire techniques, as my video covers this well tread topic well. I want to share a story that illustrates the importance of fire to the Bushmen hunters. An anecdote that !Tuka the wise old hunter told me was that when he and...
by katie.d | Oct 23, 2017 | blog
The most obvious and ubiquitous of the bushmen tools in the field and around the village is the bushaxe. I as a tool guy couldn’t help but be messmerized at the bushaxe. It harkens to the legendary tomahawk carried by Native Americans and frontiersmen of the US....
by katie.d | Mar 1, 2017 | blog
The Ju/wa trapping techniques are simple, elegant, requiring little to no modern tool use and is created using only found materials from the Kalahari. Everyone in the village knows basic tracking to an extent men women children, and when they know of good spots, where...
by katie.d | Feb 15, 2017 | blog
Journal date: April 20 2015 I read in Elizabeth Marshal Thomas’s book and understood that much of the calories of a Ju/wa village came from the long walks and heavy loads borne by the women of the village. I used this knowledge to shape my strategy for...
