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Contemporary Bushman Art: The Work of the !Xun Artist Flai Shipipa

Shanade Bianca BarnabasView further author information
Pages 333-347 | Published online: 01 Sep 2020

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FILMOGRAPHY

  • Wildebeest Kuil. 2001. Dir. by Steve Berry. Cape Town, South Africa: Berry Productions; color, 20 mins.

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