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History of the World podcast

SPECIAL - The Khoisan peoples

History of the World podcast

Chris Hasler

History

4.8971 Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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150000 BCE - today - Who are the Khoisan people and why are they so different to all other human life on the planet?  How has their lifestyle been affected by the many waves of migrations into their lands?  What traditions of their culture have they carried into today's world and where do they fit into today's society?

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0:00.0

The History of the World Podcast, written and presented by Chris Hasler.

0:17.0

This is a special episode of the History of the World Podcast, written for History of the World Podcast

0:27.6

Illuminati member Nick Cabilafcus. The subject is the Koesen people. Oh, you know, you know.

0:43.0

Now. Now. Now, Oh, Coe-sam peoples are a group of culturally and ethnically linked peoples who live in the south of

1:26.1

the continent of Africa and who are therefore linked to the national politics of the country of South Africa, which we know to have had its struggles

1:36.1

when looking after the diverse mixture of ethnic identities that reside within its modern borders.

1:43.0

People's who are categorized as Koysan

1:46.0

are all too aware of this

1:48.0

and will also feel that the label Koysan

1:50.0

does not necessarily represent their own personal feelings about who they are with the word

1:56.7

Kui-San actually being a portmanteau of the ethnic identity words of Kui-oi and sann, who are two distinct cultures of these lands.

2:07.2

Due to the fact that they share cultural and linguistic similarities, it has become convenient for outsiders to refer to them as the Koesan.

2:18.0

But let's try to take some time to try to understand who these people are, the history of their cultures, and

2:26.2

how the various migrations and politics of the more modern times have shaped them into the

2:32.4

quisan that we refer to in the modern world.

2:37.1

In the modern and developed world we are fascinated by the cultures of the world around us and how they link us to aspects of our very being

2:46.4

and the Coycean cultures are viewed as one of the most ancient cultures on our planet

2:52.3

and are therefore very interesting for those of us

2:55.0

who are trying to learn about our past.

2:58.0

It is important to point out that this can lead to these cultures

3:02.0

being seen as undeveloped and novel by those who

3:07.2

look to preserve their elite position of their own ethnicity and this exacerbates tensions that exist among Coysan populations

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