The Kalahari and its native races
Subtitle: being the account of a journey through Ngamiland and the Kalahari, with a special study of the natives in that area
By: by E. H. L. Schwarz.
Publisher: H. F. & G. Witherby
Published: 1928
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
Subjects: Indigenous peoples -- Botswana.; Kalahari Desert.; Ngami, Lake.
Description: The Kalahari is a vast sandy tract, roughly three hundred thousand square miles in area, elevated above the surrounding country, and having no permanent water. The Kalahari proper is the area of the Red Sand, but there are areas adjoining, often referred to as the Kalahari, which include the omaheke of Ovamboland, the area of white sand, and the tropical forests in the north. There is a fair rainfall, which allows the growth of abundant pasturage, so that large and small game abound, and this affords sustenance to the Bushmen; all other men who have risen above the purely hunting stage, and who have adopted even the rudiments of agriculture, or have begun to keep domestic animals, shun these regions of the Great Thirst.