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A Chewable Cure “Kanna”: Biological and Pharmaceutical Properties of Sceletium tortuosum [PDF]

open access: yesMolecules, 2021
Sceletium tortuosum (L.) N.E.Br. (Mesembryanthemaceae), commonly known as kanna or kougoed, is an effective indigenous medicinal plant in South Africa, specifically to the native San and Khoikhoi tribes.
Madira Coutlyne Manganyi   +3 more
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Another look at ‘Khoikhoi’ and related ethnonyms

open access: yesActa Academica, 2011
The nomadic pastoralists formerly called “Hottentots” are today known as the Khoikhoi, a term also encountered as Khoekhoe, often abbreviated as Khoe.
Peter E. Raper
doaj   +4 more sources

The interrelatedness between the Nama Khoikhoi supreme being and celestial objects

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
The assumption among Europeans that the Khoikhoi indigenous people of southern Africa had little to no religious beliefs is evident throughout historical documents.
Iwana Hartmann, Maniraj Sukdaven
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Revision of the Afrotropical species of Pristomerus (Ichneumonidae: Cremastinae), with descriptions of 31 new species

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Taxonomy, 2015
We revised the species of the genus Pristomerus Curtis, 1836 in the Afrotropical Region. Fortynine species are recognized, of which 31 are newly described. The following new species are described: P. afrikaner, P. aka, P. babinga, P. bemba, P.
Pascal Rousse, Simon van Noort
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Reinterpreting Millenarian Sentiments at the Dutch Cape Colony

open access: yesBMGN: Low Countries Historical Review, 2023
During the long nineteenth century, European colonists, in among others Asia and Africa, were often confronted with self-proclaimed prophets who predicted an apocalyptic uprising which would bring about a new era of peace and independence from European ...
Anne Marieke van der Wal
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The Ethnonyms ≠Aunin, Topnaars, and !Naranin

open access: yesNames, 2010
The ≠Aunin, also called Topnaars and !Naranin, are an exceptional people, currently regarded as Nama (Khoikhoi) but thought to be originally San (Bushmen).
Peter E Raper
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Voor 1652 – Vakhistorici se interpretasies van die vroeë SuidAfrikaanse geskiedenis

open access: yesContree, 2012
During the last few decades scholars from various disciplines, such as paleonthology, archeology, anthropology and linguistics, have steadily increased our knowledge of early South African history.
Pieter de Klerk
doaj   +1 more source

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