This woman represents an ethno-linguistic group of peoples known as the Khoisan, who are the aboriginal inhabitants of southernmost Africa, having lived there for thousands of years prior to the arrival of Bantu-speaking farmers from further north in the continent as well as European colonists. Their diverse languages share with one another the unique property of employing special clicking vocalizations made with the tongue. Some Khoisan peoples, such as the San, have retained a nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyle whereas others like the Khoekhoen would adopt pastoralism centered around the herding of cattle and other livestock.