!Kung Bushman Bands

Opening Paragraph In this paper I describe the band organization of the !Kung Bushmen. The !Kung word n//a besi was translated by the interpreters as ‘people who live together’. I use the word band for n//a besi , meaning by band , in this connexion, the grouping in !Kung social organization which is above the family grouping. It is a grouping precisely of the people who live together.