Notebooks
Story: Others living north of the Orange River
Title
Others living north of the Orange River
Collection
Summary
Concerning certain Kafirs from the northern side of the Orange River. (L VIII.27. 8387-8390). The black people ('Kafirs') in |han≠kass'o's country live to the north (or the 'other side') of the Orange River. He calls them 'Kaal Kafirs' and describes some of their customs and doings.
Comments
1) p.8387v: the black people eat locusts and use nets, 2) p.8388v: the name for the 'passage' between the upper front teeth (used by |han≠kass'o's mother |xabbi-an), 3) This story is found in Book VIII-27
Contributors
|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)
Date
21 April 1879
Categories
Keywords
black people (living north of the Orange River) , black people (their habits and customs) , black people (the food they eat) , black people (how they make nets) , black people ('Kaal Kafirs') , black people (eat locusts) , black people (kaal, or have no trousers) , black people (kaal, or naked) , black people (use a net to collect locusts) , black people ('Kafirs') , black people (and the |xam) , black people (living on the other side of the Orange River) , river (the Orange) , Orange River (the black people who live on its north side) , locusts (are eaten by black men and the |xam) , locusts (black men collect them in nets) , locusts (and the people living north of the Orange River) , nets ('net's eye') , nets (and a riem, or thong used to thread) , nets (how black men make them) , nets (black men use them to collect locusts) , nets (used by the people living north of the Orange River) , food (eaten by black people north of the Orange River) , food (eaten by |xam) , food (locusts collected and eaten by |xam and black people) , |xam (and the other people living north of the Orange River) , |xam (and black people or 'Kaal Kafirs')
Story Pages
8387-8390
