Fading Footprints: In search of South Africa’s first people by
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ISBN: 9781776194230
Jonathan Ball, March 2025
Paperback, 304 pages
Part historical detective story, part memoir, Fading Footprints traces the author’s journey into the magical folklore of the /xam hunter-gatherers of the Upper Karoo. Through archival research and on field trips in South Africa, De Prada-Samper reveals the tragic scope of the genocide of the /xam San by European colonisers.