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Difference between Bush Negro and Bushman

Bush Negroone of a people of African ancestry descended from runaway slaves and inhabiting the Guianas in South America:

  • Saramakkan is spoken only by the Bush Negroes on the upper reaches of the Surinam or “Saramakka” river.

Bushmanmember of certain nomadic tribes in the desert regions of South Africa:

  • In Africa … we find the Bushman and Hottentot in the South, and the Akkas and Niam-Niams in the center, very small in stature and yellow in color.