Mason tirelessly sought to convince officials of the need to recognise and celebrate the African past, and the role that African people played in the making of modern South African society.
A beader in Botswana strings ostrich eggshell beads.
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Elizabeth Sawchuk, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York) and Jennifer Midori Miller, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
A survey of San ostrich eggshell beads - a common find at archaeological sites - paints a bigger picture of hunter-gatherers, herders and shifting cultural tradition.