Paintings of soldiers, wagons, and similar imagery may have been partly magical in function, but also record historical events - including those which led ultimately to the termination of the painting tradition, and the San hunter-gatherer way of life in South Africa.
Ditshwantsho tsa masole, dikariki le ditshwantsho tse tshwanang le tseo di ka nna tsa e ba karolo ya malepa, empa tsa boetse tsa hatisa diketsahalo tsa nalane - ho kenyeletswa tse ileng tsa baka ho fediswa ha tlwaelo ya ho taka, le tsela ya bophelo ya ho tsoma Afrika Borwa.