Describes the Bushmen of the Kalahari

The Bushmen of the Kalahari are without a doubt a unique culture of people. Bushmen refer to themselves by the tribe they are associated with instead of the term 'Bushmen.' For many years they upheld a hunter/gatherer status, though they could have advanced economically. There exists a cultural spirit that motivates the Bushmen to maintain their traditional hunter/gatherer ways. The Bushmen are know to divide into different bands, which are usually distantly …

…spaced. The culture of the Kalahari Bushmen is very regimented in that there are set ways in which to go about many things. This type of culture does not really 2 leave much room for slow adaptation of its people. As for outsiders to the Bushmen such as anthropologists, it may be difficult for an outsider or even impossible for them to adapt to a culture that is so set and so rooted in traditional ways.