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The Basters (also known as Baasters, Rehobothers, or Rehoboth Basters) are a Southern African ethnic group descended from Cape Coloureds and Nama of Khoisan origin. Since the second half of the 19th century, the Rehoboth Baster community has been concentrated in central Namibia, in and around the town of Rehoboth. Basters are closely related to Afrikaners, Cape Coloureds, and Griquas of South Africa and Namibia, with whom they share a largely Afrikaner-influenced culture and Afrikaans language. Other groups of similar mixed ethnic origin, living chiefly in the Northern Cape, also refer to them

Key facts

Ethnic group.group
Basters
Ethnic group.image
300px
Ethnic group.image_caption
Flag of the Rehoboth Basters
Ethnic group.pop
45,629 (2023 Census)
Ethnic group.popplace
Namibia
Ethnic group.rels
Protestantism
Ethnic group.langs
Afrikaans
Ethnic group.related
Afrikaners, Coloureds, Nama (Oorlam), Griqua

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
ethnic group
Image
Nama und Damara pg278 Bastards von Rehoboth.jpg
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