Born: 16 December 1944, South West Africa
Died: 5 July 2003, Namibia
Spouse: Kora Coma (m. ?–2003)
Date of burial: 12 July 2003
Nationality: Namibian, South African
Other names: Nǃxau; Gǃkau; Gcao Tekene Çoma
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BIOGRAPHY
The humble Namibian, _San Nxau Toma_ starred in the South African blockbuster "The God's must be crazy" in 1980 and1989 sequel and was paid a mere 300 USD for a movie that grossed over 60 Million USD made with a budget of 5 Million USD. Nxau was paid less for his first role but after discovering the value of money he negotiated a value of 50 thousand USD for his second sequel, arguably still a small amount compared to what the movie made.
The movie was short in Eastern Cape South Africa with *Namibia🇳🇦* and *South African 🇿🇦* actors, but was about *Botswana 🇧🇼*.
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Nǃxau was a member of the San, also known as Bushmen.
He spoke Juǀʼhoan, Otjiherero and Tswana fluently, as well as some Afrikaans. He did not know his own exact age, and before his appearance in the films he had little experience beyond his home. He had only ever seen three white people before being cast, and when director ,Jamie Uys* gave him his first cash payment of $300 for The Gods Must Be Crazy, he allegedly let it blow away in the wind because he did not understand its value.
(This was despite money already being a serious matter for other San, since many of them depended on purchased food and government aid and/or had enlisted in the South African Army due to the high wages it paid.)
He was, however, able to negotiate for near $500,000 for his appearance in the sequel.
He came from a culture that did not value the material things that money could buy and consequently had not learned money management skills, although he used some of his income to build a brick house with running water and electricity for his family. He also bought a used car and subsequently hired a chauffeur, as he had no desire to learn to drive
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Nǃxau converted to Christianity and in July 2000, he was baptized as a Seventh-day Adventist.
On 5 July 2003, he died from multiple-drug-resistant tuberculosis while he was out on an excursion for hunting guineafowl. According to official estimates he was about 58 or 59 years old at the time. He was buried on 12 July in a semi-traditional ceremony at Tsumkwe, next to the grave of his second wife. He had six surviving children.
SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA AND OTHERS
LESSON TO LEARN
BIOGRAPHY
The movie was short in Eastern Cape South Africa with *Namibia🇳🇦* and *South African 🇿🇦* actors, but was about *Botswana 🇧🇼*.
Read Also: Maxwell Sangulani Chikumbutso
Nǃxau was a member of the San, also known as Bushmen.
He spoke Juǀʼhoan, Otjiherero and Tswana fluently, as well as some Afrikaans. He did not know his own exact age, and before his appearance in the films he had little experience beyond his home. He had only ever seen three white people before being cast, and when director ,Jamie Uys* gave him his first cash payment of $300 for The Gods Must Be Crazy, he allegedly let it blow away in the wind because he did not understand its value.
(This was despite money already being a serious matter for other San, since many of them depended on purchased food and government aid and/or had enlisted in the South African Army due to the high wages it paid.)
He was, however, able to negotiate for near $500,000 for his appearance in the sequel.
Read: Who Owns Nigeria?
Nǃxau converted to Christianity and in July 2000, he was baptized as a Seventh-day Adventist.
On 5 July 2003, he died from multiple-drug-resistant tuberculosis while he was out on an excursion for hunting guineafowl. According to official estimates he was about 58 or 59 years old at the time. He was buried on 12 July in a semi-traditional ceremony at Tsumkwe, next to the grave of his second wife. He had six surviving children.
SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA AND OTHERS
LESSON TO LEARN
The main actor of "The Gods Must Be Crazy", N!xau Toma, was only paid $300, even though the film produced in 1980 made over $60 million. He died a poor wretched bushman despite making millions of dollars for other people. He was hugely exploited at the negoting table. In fact, he was merely told what was negotiated and he accepted with happiness. Africans have always been exploited.
The film is basically about the conflict between the new order and the old epoch: The Namibian tribal people in a remote African desert live a happy life, but it is all torn to pieces when a Coca-Cola bottle falls from a plane.The confusion and myth surrounding the strange object disorganized the bushmen as they made efforts to unravel the mystery object.
He died on 5th July 2003 after a bout with tuberculosis at the age of 59. He died a poor man because he was not only exploited but he lacked the necessary skills to even realised that he was exploited. He equall
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