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Khoikhoi perspectives on public health: Indigenous values for a COVID-19 response in South Africa. [PDF]

open access: yesJ Glob Health, 2021
www.jogh.org • doi: 10.7189/jogh.11.03032 1 2021 • Vol. 11 • 03032 The majority of literature on African public health ethics and bioethics is focused on values that come from the Bantu sub-Saharan majority [1].
Ewuoso C, Cordeiro-Rodrigues L.
europepmc   +4 more sources

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   +5 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that the Khoikhoi indigenous people of southern Africa had little to no religious beliefs is evident throughout historical documents.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
doaj   +5 more sources

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
doaj   +2 more sources

Multiple exostoses and an osteochondroma in a Pliocene canid from Langebaanweg 'E' Quarry (South Africa). [PDF]

open access: yesJ Anat
Overview of XS of pathological radius. Using anatomical descriptions, CT scanning and bone histology, we investigate several skeletal overgrowths of bone (exostoses) in the skeleton of a jackal‐like canid from the world famous Langebaanweg, a Mio‐Pliocene locality in South Africa.
Chinsamy A, Valenciano A.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Population Ecology and Harvesting of Rooibos (<i>Aspalathus linearis</i>) and Its Ecotypes in the Wild, South Africa. [PDF]

open access: yesPlant Environ Interact
ABSTRACT Aspalathus linearis (‘rooibos’) is a polymorphic perennial shrub native to the drier, northwestern part of the Fynbos Biome in the Cape Floristic Region. It is cultivated on a large scale and wild‐harvested on a small scale to produce rooibos tea, a traditional herbal drink.
Kraaij T, Pretorius GCP.
europepmc   +2 more sources

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
doaj   +3 more sources

Eucyon khoikhoi sp. nov. (Carnivora: Canidae) from Langebaanweg ‘E’ Quarry (early Pliocene, South Africa): the most complete African canini from the Mio-Pliocene

open access: yes, 2021
A new medium-sized canid, Eucyon khoikhoi sp. nov., is described from the early Pliocene site of Langebaanweg ‘E’ Quarry (South Africa). It possesses a robust dentition with large upper- and lower-second molars, an m1 talonid without a transverse ...
A. Valenciano, J. Morales, R. Govender
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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