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| Bushman children, CKGR, Botswana 2004
© 2004 Stephen Corry/Survival |
Two Kalahari Bushmen
are journeying to Britain, Sweden and Germany on a desperate mission to
stop the Botswana government arresting, shooting and torturing their
people and starving them off their land. The two Bushmen will be in
London from 29 November to 2 December, before travelling to Sweden to
accept the Alternative Nobel Prize' for 2005.
Roy Sesana and Jumanda Gakelebone were arrested and beaten in September
as they and twenty-six others tried to break the government's blockade
and take food and water to the last remaining Bushmen in the Central
Kalahari.
They will travel to Sweden from 5 to 11 December to accept the
Alternative Nobel Prize' or Right Livelihood Award in the Swedish
parliament, which Roy and the Bushmen's organisation First People of
the Kalahari were awarded for 'resolute resistance against eviction
from their ancestral lands, and for upholding the right to their
traditional way of life.' The award was announced the day after they
were released from custody.
The Bushmen will then visit Berlin from 11 to 16 December to gain support for their struggle among the German public.
Roy Sesana and Jumanda Gakelebone will be available for interview in
London from 29 November to 2 December. Please call Miriam Ross on +44
20 7687 8734 or email mr@survival-international.org
Photos, biographies and Betacam footage available.
