“That which we do, we do not do for ourselves. We do it for these children because…it is the children of this day that will take us into a new way of life.”
Jan van der Westhuizen (yahn vahn-der-vest-hay-zen), Khomani San healer
“We're all power. We all have power - one has this knowledge and one has a degree.”
Belinda Kruiper (beh-lin-dah cry-per), author & widow of Khomani San artist
“I do not want to only talk about our traditions. I want to show people how to track and gather food... If I do not pass on what I know, who will?”
Andrew Kruiper (ann-droo cry-per), Khomani San tracker
“If a person who speaks our language dies then our language also dies. When you cover him with dirt the language is not like a plant that grows again.”
Ouma/Una Rooi (oo-mah oo-nah roo-ee), Khomani San leader