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When I first hunted, I was not allowed to eat

Hunting is going and talking to the animals. You don't steal. You go and ask. You set a trap or go with bow or spear. It can take days. You track the antelope. He knows you are there, he knows he has to give you his strength. But he runs and you have to run. As you run, you become like him. It can last hours and exhaust you both. You talk to him and look into his eyes.

Roy Sesana
Right Livelihood Award Address, Stockholm December 2005
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Qoroxloo Duxee died earlier this month near Metsiamenong, where Bushmen continue to resist government efforts to evict them. Her relatives obtained copies of the official postmortem report last week.
Almost all the Bushmen who had returned to their reserve since the 2002 evictions have been re-evicted since its closure on 1 September. They told Bushman organisation First People of the Kalahari that wildlife guards threatened to kill them if they tried to hunt and gather. They are now living in the bleak resettlement camps. Police fired bullets and teargas at Bushmen who tried to take food and water into the reserve, and then arrested them.

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