Bushman's secret : one cactus stands between hope and hunger / a documentary filmed by Rehad Desai.

"When South African filmmaker Regad Desai travels to the Kalahari to investigate global interest in ancient Bushmen knowledge, he meets Jan van der Westhuizen, a fascinating Khomani San traditional healer. Jan's struggle to live close to nature is hampered by centuries of colonial exploitation of th...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Documentary Educational Resources (Firm)
Uhuru Productions
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen
Association relative à la télévision européenne
Other Authors: Desai, Rehad
Keiper, Hartmut
Khanna, Anita
Wicksteed, Richard
Van der Westhuizen, Jan
Language:English
Afrikaans
Language and/or Writing System:
In English and Afrikaans with English captions.
Published: [Watertown, Mass.] : [Documentary Educational Resources], [2006], ©2006.
Subjects:
Van der Westhuizen, Jan.
San (African people) > Medicine > Kalahari Desert.
San (African people) > Kalahari Desert > Social life and customs.
Traditional medicine > Kalahari Desert.
Healers > Kalahari Desert.
Medicinal plants > Kalahari Desert.
Traditional ecological knowledge > Kalahari Desert.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (65 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
One cactus stands between hope and hunger.
Format: Video DVD

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