UNIDAD EDUCATIVA "RIOBAMBA" Name: Cristian Cadena Course: 2nd BGU "A" The Bushmen As its name suggests, bushman derives from the African word "boschejsman" which means: man of the forest. This ethnic group is not reduced to a single tribal group, but rather refers to various peoples that inhabit different parts of the continent and that are traditionally hunters and gatherers of fruits. A significant feature of their language, which encompasses some Khoisian languages, is that it incorporates clicking or clicking sounds, with which they communicate in a peculiar way. It is estimated that there are about 100,000 Bushmen distributed among Botswana - the largest number - Namibia, Angola, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Their history dates back to time immemorial, as it shows that genetically they are similar to the first humans who left Africa to spread to the rest of the world. In the 1990s, the Botswana government began to expel the Bushmen from their h...