Nichodimas Cooper, amember of the !Kharakoencommunity in Botswana,states that “the colourfulNama patchwork attire hasa colourful history as wellas origins both sentimentaland practical... Nama menfighting against the Germanswho had occupied SouthWest Africa (present-dayNamibia) would return fromthe battlefield with tatteredclothes. In an era when fabricwas in very short supply,the womenfolk would stitchthe tattered clothes backtogether with whateverscraps of cloth they could laytheir hands on, regardlessof what colour those scrapswere.” (Photo: NichodimasCooper, Botswana