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This is an incorrect reading of the myth of the Abatwa. Abatwa is the Zulu word for Bushman or San. People today still identify as Abatwa in the Drakensberg Mountains and are struggling for recognition. They have been described elsewhere by some anthropologists namely Frans Prins and Michael Francis. The myths above have been known to relate to the Abatwa and historic notes and documents from early academcis also record such myths. See Werner for an english gloss on the "where did you see me myth?". In Zulu the phrase is Ongibonabonephi?. Such myths as the one above do exist alongside the extant peoples aiding in their dispossession and marginalisation. Most Abatwa historically moved in a settled with the dominant Nguni (Zulu, Xhosa, Swazi and Ndebele people) as a way to avoid the genocide facing them from colonial encroachment. The Bushmen or Abatwa of the Drakensberg were listed as vermin until the 1920s and settlers could murder them with impunity. It is a sad history that is only now getting the attention it deserves. -163.1.233.135