Bushman
Southern African indigene
Bushman refers to a member of the San peoples, indigenous hunter-gatherers of southern Africa.
The term was applied by European colonizers and is now considered offensive by many, with San preferred.
Lowercase bushman describes someone skilled at living in wild or remote terrain, especially in Australia: He's a proper bushman who can track anything through the outback.
Pre-farming subsistence lifestyle
- foragersThose seeking wild food
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- nomadicWithout fixed residence
- shamanismMediation between worlds
folklore · oral-history · subsistence · kinship · mythology
To leave behind completely
- savannahTropical grassland ecosystem
- aridDevoid of water
- dunesWind-formed sand ridges
- acaciaThorny warm-climate shrub
sand · gemsbok · meerkat · springbok · Botswana · Namibia · heat · thirst
Systematic study of peoples
- fieldworkResearch conducted on location
- ethnobotanyScience of human-plant relationships
- subsistenceMinimal means of living
- animismSpirits inhabit all things
artifact · rites-of-passage · displacement · marginalization · resettlement · advocacy · documentation
hunter-gatherer
Pre-farming subsistence lifestyle
- foragersThose seeking wild food
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- nomadicWithout fixed residence
shamanism · folklore · oral-history · subsistence · kinship · mythology
desert
To leave behind completely
acacia · sand · gemsbok · meerkat · springbok · Botswana · Namibia · heat · thirst · survival
ethnography
Systematic study of peoples
- fieldworkResearch conducted on location
- ethnobotanyScience of human-plant relationships
- subsistenceMinimal means of living
animism · artifact · rites-of-passage · displacement · marginalization · resettlement · advocacy · documentation
rituals
Ceremonial repeated practices
spirituality · customs · taboos · clan · lineage · heritage · legends · myths · storytelling · eland
Bushmansettler
One who colonizes territory
city dweller · urbanite · farmer · agriculturalist · office worker
Bushmancity slicker
Savvy metropolitan dweller
urbanite · city dweller · tenderfoot · greenhorn · townie
bush, bushes, bushy, bushier, bushiest, bushiness, bushland, bushlands, man