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The First People ofSouth Africa
, The Khoikhoi or Khoi (called ‘Hottentots’ by early white settlers), are the
aboriginal people of South Africa. They are descendants of hunter-gatherers
who had become pastoralists and a historical division of the Khoisan ethnic
group, the native people of south western Africa. The Khoikhoi which means
'real people or men of men" are closely related to the Bushmen (or San, as the
Khoikhoi called them).
They called Themselves Khoikhoi to distinguish themselves from those who do
not own livestock. They had lived in southern Africa since the 5th century
AD.When European immigrants colonised the area after 1652, the Khoikhoi
were practising extensive pastoral agriculture in the Cape region, with large
herds of Nguni cattle. The European immigrants labelled them Hottentots, in
imitation of the sound of the Khoekhoe language, but this term is today
considered derogatory by some.
, Archaeological evidence shows that the Khoikhoi entered South Africa from
Botswana through two distinct routes – travelling west, skirting the Kalahari
to the west coast, then down to the Cape, and travelling south-east out into
the Highveld and then southwards to the south coast.
Most of the Khoikhoi have largely disappeared as a group, except for the
largest group, the Namas. Currently the Nama reside in different parts of
Namibia. According to the Namibia Africa Travel and Tourism website, “You’ll
find the Nama spread through Namibia; at Sesfontein in Kaokoland, in far
south at places like Warmbad, or around Mariental, Tses, Gibeon, Maltahohe,
Helmeringhausen and east of Luderitz in the southwestern corner of county.”
, The Nama also reside in parts of South Africa, and Botswana. “The Nama consists
of thirteen groups (listed with Nama name and European name in parenthesis)
the !Kharkoen (Simon Cooper), /Hoaaran//Aixallaies (Afrikaner), =Aonin
(Topnaar), Kai//Kaun, Khauben (Rooi Nasie), /Hai/Khau-an (Berseba tribe),
Orlams, //Habobe/Kharloan (Veldskoendraers), //Khau/goan (Swartbooi), !
Gami=nun (Bondelswarts), Koenesen (Witbooi), //Okain (Groot Doders) and
Kai/Khau-an
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