Ethnology of the Ju/'Hoansi
An introduction into the ethnology of the Ju/'Hoansi, one of the oldest language groups in the world.
Ethnological characteristics
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The "Hunter's Museum" of the Ju/'Hoansi
Hunter-gatherer culture of the San
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IMPORTANT!
At the moment, the Living Hunter’s Museum is not in operation. Due to disagreements within the village of /Xa//oba, the Living Culture Foundation Namibia (LCFN) and the Living Hunter’s Museum have ended their collaboration. The LCFN is currently in the process of establishing a new Living Hunter’s Museum near Tsumkwe.
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Latest News
12 March 2026
After the Living Hunter’s Museum at /Xa//oba had to be closed in January, the idea emerged to make a new start together with !Amace N!Aici. !Amace N!Aici is a Ju/’Hoansi who has been involved in the work of Living Museums since 2004 and therefore bri...
21 November 2025
The students of the University of Wuppertal, Franka Luisa Fischer and Henning Knopp, produced the film “Ju/'Hoansi – The Guardians of Their Culture” together with our association. In addition to extensive research, they spent several weeks filming at...
20 September 2025
On 4 September 2025, the documentary “Ju/'Hoansi – Guardians of Their Culture” by Franka Fischer and Henning Kopp celebrated its premiere – at a very special location: Tangermünde, the founding place of the LCFN....
21 May 2025
Meeting Grashoek Ju/’Hoansi Living Museum 23.05. & 24.05.2025 Kathrin Dürrschmidt On Sunday, 18.05.2025 morning I received a phone call from the manager of the Ju/’Hoansi Living Museum, Apollo, informing me that the police arrived in Grashoek tha...
21 May 2025
The Living Culture Foundation Namibia (LCFN), representative of the seven official Living Museums in Namibia, was informed on Sunday by the manager of the Living Museum in Grashoek about the incident in which a visitor to the Ju/'Hoansi Living Museum...
07 January 2025
Incredible but true! The Living Museum in Grashoek, Namibia’s first Living Museum, celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2024. For this occasion, we organized a small commemorative event in December 2024 together with Carsten Möhle from Bwana Tucke-Tuck...