Dawid Kruiper
Dawid Kruiper (* 1936 in the Kalahari ; † June 13, 2012 in Upington ) was a South African traditional ruler, healer, activist and actor. He was a member of the San .
Life
Kruiper was born in what was then the Kalahari National Park as a member of the ǂKhomani -San. His father Regopstaan was the leader of the group, Dawid was the firstborn.
In 1987 he became leader of the // Sa! Makai . He played a supporting role as a tracker in the 1989 South African film The Gods Must Be Crazy II ; further supporting roles, partly in German films, followed.
In 1994, Kruiper stood up for the rights of indigenous peoples as a speaker at the United Nations in Geneva . In his home country he campaigned for territorial claims of the San and achieved that between 1999 and 2001 they were awarded around 65,000 hectares of land and rights of use for other areas. In 2004 he hitchhiked from the Kalahari to Cape Town to meet with the then South African President Thabo Mbeki . Kruiper also criticized the exploitation of medicinal plants traditionally used by the San such as hoodia by western corporations. He campaigned for the preservation of the San languages .
Kruiper called himself Die ou ram (roughly: "The old ram").
He died in a hospital in Upington in 2012. He was buried next to his wife in a state funeral in Witdraai .
Honors
- In 2014, Kruiper was posthumously awarded the Order of the Baobab in silver.
- In 2016 the community of Dawid Kruiper in the North Cape Province was named after him.
Filmography
- 1989: The gods must be crazy II
- 1990: The Sandgrass People
- 2001: love. Power. Blind. (TV movie)
- 2009: Ella's Secret (TV movie)
Web links
- Biography at sahistory.org.za (English)
- Dawid Kruiper in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e biography at sahistory.org.za (English), accessed on October 22, 2017
- ↑ a b c San leader Dawid Kruiper dies. news24.com from June 13, 2012, accessed on October 22, 2017
- ↑ Roger Chenells: ǂKhomani San land claim. Cultural Survival Quarterly, March 2002, accessed October 22, 2017
- ↑ Rachel Wynberg, Doris Schroeder, Roger Chenells (Eds.): Indigenous peoples, consent and benefit sharing: lessons from the San-hoodia case. Springer Science + Business Media, Luxembourg 2009, ISBN 9789048131235 , p. Ix. Excerpts from books.google.de
- ^ Desert state funeral for Khoisan leader. news24.com from June 26, 2012, accessed October 22, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kruiper, Dawid |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African traditional ruler, healer, activist and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1936 |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 13, 2012 |
| Place of death | Upington |