Nǃxau ǂToma

Nǃxau ǂToma (Juǀʼhoan: [ᵑǃᵡau ᵏǂtoma], short: Nǃxau, alternative spelling Gcao Tekene Çoma; c. 1944 – 5 July 2003) was a Namibian bush farmer and actor who starred in the 1980 film 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".

Nǃxau was a member of the ǃKung people, one of several peoples known as Bushmen. He spoke Juǀʼhoan, Otjiherero, and Tswana fluently, as well as some Afrikaans.

N!xau did not know his 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 casting, 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. 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 nearly several hundred thousand 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.