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Khoikhoi
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Khoikhoi or Khoekhoe (/ˈkɔɪkɔɪ/ KOY-koy) are the traditionally nomadic pastoralist indigenous population of South Africa. They are often grouped with the hunter-gatherer San (literally "foragers") peoples, the accepted term for the two people being Khoisan. The designation "Khoikhoi" is actually a kare, or praise address, not an ethnic endonym, but it has been used in the literature as an ethnic term for Khoe-speaking peoples of Southern Africa, particularly pastoralist groups, such as the Inqua, Griqua, Gonaqua, Nama, Attequa. The Khoekhoe were once known as Hottentots, a term now considered
The Khoikhoi are the traditionally nomadic pastoralist indigenous people of South Africa, often studied alongside the San hunter-gatherers under the collective term Khoisan. Though "Khoikhoi" was originally a praise address rather than an ethnic name, it has become the accepted term in scholarship for Khoe-speaking pastoralist groups of Southern Africa, making them central to understanding the region's pre-colonial history and indigenous peoples.
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Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Khoekhoe people Khoekhoen
- Ethnic group.population
- 333,400
- Ethnic group.languages
- Khoekhoegowab
- Ethnic group.religions
- Christianity, Traditional African religions
- Ethnic group.related_groups
- San people, Basters, Coloured people, Tswana people, Xhosa people
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Encyclopedic overview
23 sectionsContents
- History
- Early history
- Arrival of Europeans
- Kat River settlement (1829–1856) and Khoena in the Cape Colony
- Massacres in German South-West Africa
- Apartheid
- Modern era
- Culture
- Religion
- World Heritage
- List of Khoekhoe peoples
- Northern Khoekhoe
- Southern Khoekhoe (''Cape Khoe'')
- The Eastern Cape Khoe
- Central Cape Khoe
- Western Cape Khoe
- Peninsular Cape Khoe
- Early European theories about Khoekhoe origins
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Khoikhoi or Khoekhoe (/ˈkɔɪkɔɪ/ KOY-koy) are the traditionally nomadic pastoralist indigenous population of South Africa. They are often grouped with the hunter-gatherer San (literally "foragers") peoples, the accepted term for the two people being Khoisan. The designation "Khoikhoi" is actually a kare, or praise address, not an ethnic endonym, but it has been used in the literature as an ethnic term for Khoe-speaking peoples of Southern Africa, particularly pastoralist groups, such as the Inqua, Griqua, Gonaqua, Nama, Attequa. The Khoekhoe were once known as Hottentots, a term now considered offensive.
The Khoekhoe are thought to have diverged from other humans 100,000 to 200,000 years ago. In the 17th century, the Khoekhoe maintained large herds of Nguni cattle in the Cape region. They mostly gave up nomadic pastoralism in the 19th to 20th century.
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