N!xau
Nǃxau ǂToma(short: Nǃxau, alternative spelling Gcao Tekene Çoma; 16 December 1944 – 1 July 2003) was a Namibian bush farmer and actor who was made famous by his roles in the 1980 movie The Gods Must Be Crazy and its sequels, in which he played the Kalahari Bushman Xixo. The Namibian called him "Namibia's most famous actor". On 5 July 2003, he died from multiple-drug-resistant tuberculosis while he was out on an excursion for hunting guinea fowl. 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.
The Gods Must Be Crazy
(1980)
The Gods Must Be Funny in China (1994)
In the early 1990s, Nǃxau was cast in three low-budget unofficial sequels that continued the fish-out-of-water aspects of the first two films. (more)
In the early 1990s, Nǃxau was cast in three low-budget unofficial sequels that continued the fish-out-of-water aspects of the first two films. (more)
Crazy Hong Kong (1993)
In the early 1990s, Nǃxau was cast in three low-budget unofficial sequels that continued the fish-out-of-water aspects of the first two films. (more)
In the early 1990s, Nǃxau was cast in three low-budget unofficial sequels that continued the fish-out-of-water aspects of the first two films. (more)
Crazy Safari (1991)
Two guys, one of them a magician, are transporting an ancient chinese vampire who can only be controlled by a series of yellow tapes, and is the ancestor of the other guy. On the way, while flying over Africa, their plane stalls. And of all places, where do they ... (more)
Two guys, one of them a magician, are transporting an ancient chinese vampire who can only be controlled by a series of yellow tapes, and is the ancestor of the other guy. On the way, while flying over Africa, their plane stalls. And of all places, where do they ... (more)
The Gods Must Be Crazy II (1989)
In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid (1994)
A documentary overview and ideological critique of the South African film industry and cinema's historical relationship with apartheid. (more)
A documentary overview and ideological critique of the South African film industry and cinema's historical relationship with apartheid. (more)
Journey to Nyae Nyae (2004)
N!xau (G/qa'o), the star of The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980), is visited in 1990 and shortly before his death in 2003; the way he and his fellow San (Bushmen) people live is not the idyllic lifestyle portrayed in the 1980 film. (more)
N!xau (G/qa'o), the star of The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980), is visited in 1990 and shortly before his death in 2003; the way he and his fellow San (Bushmen) people live is not the idyllic lifestyle portrayed in the 1980 film. (more)