San peoples

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The San peoples are indigenous hunter-gatherer communities of Southern Africa, renowned for their ancient rock art, click-based languages, and deep ecological knowledge.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
San people 15
San peoples canonical 12

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hunter-gatherer society
indigenous people
alsoKnownAs Basarwa
Bushmen
Khoisan peoples
Khwe
culturalHeritageStatus important to world rock art heritage
ecologicalKnowledge detailed knowledge of local fauna
detailed knowledge of local flora
water sources in arid environments
facedIssue forced sedentarization
land dispossession
loss of traditional hunting rights
marginalization
geneticSignificance deep human lineages
high genetic diversity
hasArtForm beadwork
body adornment
rock engravings
rock paintings
hasCulturalPractice rock engraving
rock painting
shamanism
storytelling traditions
trance dance
hasNotableGroup !Kung
linked to: !Kung people

!Xóõ
linked to: !Xoon

G/wi
linked to: Gǀwi

Juǀʼhoansi
linked to: !Kung people

Khwe people
Naro
hasOrganizationAdvocatingFor First People of the Kalahari
Working Group of Indigenous Minorities in Southern Africa
inhabits Angola
Botswana
Namibia
South Africa
Southern Africa
Zambia
Zimbabwe
knownFor click-based languages
deep ecological knowledge
persistence hunting
rock art
tracking skills
politicalIssue indigenous rights in Botswana
indigenous rights in Namibia
indigenous rights in South Africa
recognizedAs one of the oldest continuous populations of modern humans
religion animism
shamanistic belief systems
subclassOf Khoisan peoples
traditionalEconomy foraging
gathering wild plants
hunting
traditionalLifestyle hunter-gatherer
traditionalTerritory Kalahari Desert
semi-arid regions of Southern Africa
usesLanguageFamily Khoe-Kwadi languages
Kxʼa languages
Tuu languages

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Herero and Namaqua genocide targetedGroup San people
linked to: San peoples
The Covenant featuresEthnicGroup San people
linked to: San peoples
Kxʼa languages spokenBy San peoples
Gǀui language ethnicGroup San peoples
Khoe peoples relatedGroup San peoples
Otjozondjupa Region hasEthnicGroup San people
linked to: San peoples
Omaheke Region hasEthnicGroup San people
linked to: San peoples
Spitzkoppe hasCulturalAttribution San people
linked to: San peoples
uKhahlamba culturalSignificanceFor San people
linked to: San peoples
San languages spokenBy San peoples
!Xóõ people ethnolinguisticGroup San peoples
Taa people relatedEthnicGroup San people
linked to: San peoples
Stadsaal Caves culturalAttribution San people
linked to: San peoples
San rock paintings creator San people
linked to: San peoples
Specimens of Bushman Folklore focusesOnEthnicGroup San people
linked to: San peoples
The Hunters subject San people
linked to: San peoples
Haiǁom people subclassOf San peoples
Haiǁom people relatedEthnicGroup San people
linked to: San peoples
Naro culturalArea San peoples
Kxʼa family spokenBy San peoples
Khwe partOf San peoples
African peoples include San people
linked to: San peoples