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| Bushman boys, Namibia
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Two Kalahari Bushmen are making a dramatic journey to Britain on an urgent
mission to save their people from extinction. The two leaders will be in London
from 29 September to 5 October.
They want to publicise the Botswana government's eviction of their people
from their ancestral land in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, and their
desperate struggle to return home.
Roy Sesana and Jumanda Gakelebone, from the Bushman organisation First People
of the Kalahari, will appear at the following events:
Press conference: Thursday 30 September, 11 am. At Survival
International, 6 Charterhouse Buildings, London EC1M 7ET. For more information
contact Miriam Ross on 020 7687 8734 or on email at: mr@survival-international.org
Public Meeting: Thursday 30 September, 7pm, Friends Meeting
House, 173 Euston Road, London NW1. Tube: Euston/Euston Square. Entrance free.
Please arrive early to avoid disappointment. Email info@survival-international.org
or call 020 7687 8700.
'Fighting for the Kalahari' – Talk at Royal Society of Arts:
Monday 4 October, 6.30pm. For information and tickets visit http://www.rsa.org.uk/events or call 020
7451 6868.
Demonstration: Tuesday 5 October
12 noon – 12.40pm:
Outside Botswana High Commission, 6 Stratford Place, London (Bond Street
tube)
1pm – 1.40pm: Outside De Beers shop, on corner of Old Bond Street and
Piccadilly
Roy Sesana and Jumanda Gakelebone will be available for
interview between 29 September and 5 October. Please ring Miriam Ross
on (020) 7687 8734 or email mr@survival-international.org
Photos, biographies and Betacam footage available.
View Related Material for more information on the Bushmen.
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