How to make a bow and arrow

The bows are from one to three feet long and about an inch in thickness, tapering towards both ends. They are made from tough elastic wood. They select a straight branch or sapling, and having stripped it of bark, twigs and leaves, tie it against a pole. It is allowed to partially dry. It's then shaved down to the required thickness with a stone or knife. Sometimes the bow is smeared with grease to prevent it from cracking or splitting.

The arrow was a complex piece of equipment comprising of four parts. In former times the point was made of stone or bone, but since contact with iron-smelting Bantu-speaking farmers they have also used triangular iron points.

The point is fixed to a short reed collar which is, in turn, connected to the main shaft of the arrow by a small torpedo-shaped piece of wood or bone, the so-called link.
When the arrow strikes an animal, the impact causes the link to split the shaft so that longer portion falls away and the point is left embedded in the animal. If the point doesn't split from the shaft this could result in the animal dislodging the arrow when running through the bushes.

The arrows are carried in quivers that are normally made of the root of an acacia or quiver tree. When the root is heated, the bark expands, loosens itself from the pith of the root which is then removed from the bark. The sides of the quiver are covered in leather, which shrinks firmly around the quiver when it dries out. In the quiver, there will be a set of fire sticks.

The traditional method of making a fire is with two sticks. A hard stick is held between the hands and drilled quickly into the hollow of a soft stick, which is gripped with the feet. This causes heat and soft grass is used as tinder.