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Khoekhoe. Khoekhoe ( /ˈkɔɪkɔɪ/ KOY-koy) (or Khoikhoi in former orthography) [ a] are the traditionally nomadic pastoralist indigenous population of South Africa. They are often grouped with the hunter-gatherer San (literally "Foragers") peoples. [ 2] The designation "Khoekhoe" is actually a kare or praise address, not an ethnic endonym ...
The Khoikhoi–Dutch Wars were a series of conflicts that took place in the latter half of the 17th century in what was known then as the Cape of Good Hope (today it refers to a smaller geographic spot), in the area of present-day Cape Town, South Africa, between Dutch colonisers who came from the Netherlands and the local African people, the indigenous Khoikhoi.
Strandloper peoples. The Strandlopers are a Khoikhoi -derived people who live by hunting and gathering food along the beaches of south-western Africa, originally from the Cape Colony to the Skeleton Coast . Most Strandloper communities did not persist in the face of demographic and economic changes occurring in southern and south-western Africa ...
Hottentot (racial term) "Korah Hottentots preparing to remove" ( Samuel Daniell, 1805) Early 19th-century caricature by George Cruikshank showing settlers being attacked by cannibal "Hottentots" [ 1] Hottentot (British and South African English / ˈhɒtənˌtɒt / HOT-ən-TOT) is a term that was historically used by Europeans to refer to the ...
1630-1663. Known for. Interpreter for the Dutch Settlers of Cape Town. Autshumato (or Autshumao; Herry or Harry de Strandloper) was a chief of the Khoikhoi Gorinhaikonas (or Goringhaicona) who worked as an interpreter for the Europeans in present-day, Cape Town, South Africa prior and during the establishment of the Dutch settlement on the Cape ...
A conference on "Khoisan Identities and Cultural Heritage" was organised by the University of the Western Cape in 1997. [25] and "Khoisan activism" has been reported in the South African media beginning in 2015. [8] The South African government allowed Khoisan families (up until 1998) to pursue land claims which existed prior to 1913.
Website. www.chiefstephenfritz.com. Stephen Michael Fritz is a Khoi leader born in South Africa on 4 March 1970. He is a South African indigenous and traditional leader and Senior Chief [1] of the South Peninsula Khoi Council, which is based in the Western Cape of South Africa. He is a well-known environmentalist and public speaker.
The Nama People (or Nama-Khoe people) are the largest group of the Khoikhoi people, most of whom have disappeared as a group, except for the Namas. Many of the Nama clans live in Central Namibia and the other smaller groups live in Namaqualand, which today straddles the Namibian border with South Africa. [ 1]