Henry Bredekamp and the Khoisan: the living legacy of a renowned South African historian
The father of Khoisan revivalism became a public historian as his academic work met activism.
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The father of Khoisan revivalism became a public historian as his academic work met activism.
The South African Khoe-San communities are no strangers to exploitative research. One research team is trying to provide genetic ancestry results to community members. But they still face many challenges.
Runaway slaves joined indigenous Khoe-San people and raided colonial farms. The rock art they left in their hideouts tells a fascinating story.
What genetic analysis reveals about the ancestry of SA’s Afrikaners Their ancestors were mostly Dutch, French and German, with 4.7% of their DNA found to be non-European 20 May 2021 - 21:04 By Jaco Greeff and Carina Schlebusch The story of human history is one of migrations over the globe and admixture — the exchange of DNA — between populations. Two of the most dramatic of these migrations were slavery and European colonisation. The subsequent admixture between slaves, Europeans and indigenous populations led to the formation of new populations. One, at the southern tip ...