Ncoa ne khoe ne di huwa ne

Ncoa ne khoe ne di huwa ne, a strange indeed title to some but the literate Naro, found mostly in Botswana and Namibia would understand that to mean 'San stories in Naro and English'.

According to the back-cover of this bright orange book, which is a collection of traditional folk-tales, it was prepared to be used by the children of the D'kar community by the Naro Language Project and the D'kar San Museum. The stories were told by the San and collected during workshops in the Gantsi area and likewise, the illustrations were made by Kuru-based San artists.

In the foreword written by curator of D'kar San Museum, Mieke van der Post, most of the stories either have a symbolic meaning or a wise message about life but the message which appears regularly is: If you are smaller and weaker than the others, be clever and survive. 

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