N Xau, a local who played in the film “The Gods Must Be Crazy
N Xau, a local who played in the film “The Gods Must Be Crazy N Xau, a local who played in the film “The Gods Must Be Crazy,” earned $300 in the first film. He was 36 years old when he first encountered money. He didn’t know how to spend it. Coming from a culture that didn’t value material things, he didn’t have the skills to manage his income, although he used the money he earned to build his family a brick house with water and electricity He earned $80,000 in the second film, released in 1989. He quickly learned about money and capitalist life. With the fame that followed, he traveled all over the world and acted in other films. He went to America, Paris, and Japan. He became a figure used by the white man. He became addicted to alcohol and cigarettes. His money ran out. After 1997, he returned to the Kalahari desert with his wife Kora, four daughters, and two sons. He lived a modest life here with his tribe and family, farming until 2003. In Jul...