Ju|'hoansi
Lands
Nyae Nyae and the Tsumkwe area of north-eastern Namibia, and neighbouring north-western Botswana
Facts 3
Language
Ju|'hoansi is the one San language Namibia has approved for teaching in schools, but a 2025 review of 14 schools found it is seldom used in class.
As of 2025 Source: IWGIA (International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs), The Indigenous World 2026: Namibia (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Land
Nyae Nyae, a homeland of mostly Ju|'hoansi communities, became Namibia's first communal conservancy in 1998.
As of 1998 Source: Namibian Journal of Environment, Customary land rights, communal land and development: The case of the Ju|’hoansi and the Nyae Nyae Conservancy (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Governance
When Ju|'hoansi formed their farmers' cooperative, they began with open consensus meetings, then elected two representatives per community, at least one of them a woman.
Source: Cultural Survival, Controlling Their Destiny: Ju|'hoansi of Nyae Nyae (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
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