STORIES THAT FLOAT FROM AFAR (H/C)

IN THIS COLLECTION OF FOLK STORIES THAT FLOAT TO US FROM AFAR, THE VOICES OF LONG-DEAD 'BUSHMEN', OR SAN PEOPLE, OF SOUTHERN AFRICA SPEAK TO US ABOUT THEIR LIVES AND BELIEFS. WE ARE GIVEN GLIMPSES INTO THEIR THOUGHT-WORLD. WE LISTEN TO THEM RECOUNTING THEIR POIGNANT MYTHS AND BELIEFS. WE HEAR THEM SPEAK OF THEIR TORMENTED LIVES AS THE EARLY COLONISTS EXPANDED INTO THE SEMI-ARID INTERIOR. ALL THESE STORIES HAVE LAIN HIDDEN SINCE THEY WERE FIRST COLLECTED MORE THAN A HUNDRED YEARS AGO BY A REMARKABLE FAMILY IN CAPE TOWN WHO DEVOTED THEIR LIVES TO RECORDING THE LIFE-WAYS OF THE /XAM SAN BEFORE THEIR DISAPPEARANCE. TODAY THERE IS A NEED FOR US TO LISTEN TO THESE VOICES FROM THE PAST. THEY FILL IN ONE OF THE TRAGIC BLANKS IN SOUTH AFRICA'S HISTORY. SUDDENLY A PEOPLE WHO HAVE SPOKEN ONLY THROUGH OTHERS' VOICES NOW SPEAK OUT AND COME ALIVE.