Articles on Khoekhoe

March 4, 2025

Africa’s ‘sleeping’ language, |xam, has been written in stone at Oxford university

Elleke Boehmer, University of Oxford and Luan Staphorst, University of Oxford

The ǀxam language has been carved into a new building at Rhodes House to honour the labour and suffering of Africans during colonialism.

October 24, 2016

Karim Sadr, University of the Witwatersrand

There are many theories on how livestock made its way to South Africa. The answer is quite complex and not as simple as one would think.

August 12, 2015

David Lewis-Williams, University of the Witwatersrand

The San are caught between a rock and an art place. While they face an uncertain future, myths and meaning come under the spotlight in a new book.

David Lewis-Williams
Emeritus professor, University of the Witwatersrand
Karim Sadr
Professor Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
Luan Staphorst
DPhil candidate, University of Oxford
Elleke Boehmer
Professor of World Literature in English, University of Oxford