Shua

Shua belongs to the dry country around the Makgadikgadi, where salt pans, grasslands and scattered water sources shape the landscape. Indigenous communities used the margins of the pans as well as the surrounding country, with movement and access to resources responding to rainfall and the seasons.

Shua, also called Shwakhwe, is a Khoe language associated with the Nata area and other parts of Botswana. The name Shwakhwe has been explained as referring to people of the salty country. Relationships among communities across this wider region allowed exchange between people using different environments; local knowledge of water and seasonal resources remained central to life in a dry landscape.