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… time and begin to further colonize and trade with the Khoikhoi at the cape, by the middle this century the first Khoikhoi-Dutch war is fought and slavery is entrenched. … at the Cape, but those who are not drowned or killed by Khoikhoi are soon removed from the Cape and the scheme is …

… coastline and basic trading takes place between the Khoikhoi and the Europeans. Nguni and Sotho speaking groups … call regularly at Table Bay on their way to and from Asia. Khoikhoi traded mainly iron, copper and marijuana with the …

… in South Africa The Empty Land Myth The Dutch and the Khoikhoi The Dutch Settlement Treks & Land conflicts …

… moved down towards the Eastern Cape and intermarried with Khoikhoi and San people in the area. Young Nelson Mandela in … westwards in groups they destroyed or incorporated the Khoikhoi chiefdoms and San groups, and their language became influenced by Khoikhoi and San words, which contain distinctive ‘clicks’. …

… made from Iron The first farmers’ attitude to the land The Khoikhoi and the San When the first farmers began to move … for the grass to grow back. The first farmers meet the Khoikhoi and San The first farming communities had a lot in common with the Khoikhoi herders. Both groups ate shellfish when they lived …

… occasionally set up along the shores to trade with the Khoikhoi. The British also used Robben Island , located a few … Between 1632 and 1640, the British also placed a group of Khoikhoi under the command of Autshumato (or Harry) on the … visited Table Bay in 1627 and sketched a painting of the Khoikhoi trading sheep for copper. In 1620, Andrew Shillinge …

… the Dutch at the Cape Colony only had contact with the Khoikhoi and San peoples. The Dutch farmers moved further … the Dutch farmers met with serious resistance from the Khoikhoi and San, discontinued their bid for more land and …

… Frontier Wars date back to 1779 when Xhosa people, Boers, Khoikhoi, San and the British clashed intermittently for … to colonial expansion which in turn dispossessed Xhosa and Khoikhoi people of their land and cattle among other things. … years before Dutch occupation of the region, the Xhosa, Khoikhoi and San people focused primarily on hunting, …

… a garden was planted and meat was bartered for with the Khoikhoi (who were initially called Goringhaikwa, and later … 1657. The land on which the Dutch farmed was used by the Khoikhoi and the San, who lived a semi-nomadic culture which … the true ownership of the land. Consequently in 1659 the Khoikhoi embarked on the first of a series of unsuccessful …

… through trade with the indigenous population (mainly Khoikhoi) derogatorily referred to as “natives”.  From the beginning their relationship with the Khoikhoi was antagonistic and trade with them for slaughter … gradually expanded along a frontier at the expense of the Khoikhoi, Xhosa, and other indigenous peoples, a process …

… There were three possible sources of labour, the local Khoikhoi pastoralists, Dutch immigrants or people from … the local population for use as labour. Furthermore the Khoikhoi were not willing to become labourers for free …

… believed to have first populated Southern Africa 15 CE     Khoikhoi herders migrated southward and converted many San to …

… acquire domesticated livestock and became pastoralists (Khoikhoi). They move south, and their new socio-economic … order leads them to be anthropologically described as Khoikhoi hunter-herders. 2 000 BP Khoikhoi herders reach the southern tip of Africa. c. AD 200 …

… with surprising honesty, the sentiments expressed by the Khoikhoi leaders at the so-called peace talks in 1660, which brought to a close the first Dutch-Khoikhoi war in the Cape. It was to be the first of many wars …

… out in the Cape Colony and wreaks devastation among the Khoikhoi. 1767 A smallpox epidemic breaks out in the Cape Colony and wreaks devastation among the Khoikhoi and nearly eradicates them. Those who survive become …

… The Korana or Kora were a nomadic Khoikhoi group that probably derived their name from a chief … to offspring of liaisons between Europeans, slaves and Khoikhoi. The term was also used to refer to subordinate …

… population. Good relations with the indigenous people, the Khoikhoi and the San, were to be maintained. Although Van … years of Van Riebeeck's arrival, the first war between the Khoikhoi and the Dutch broke out, as the Khoi clans tried to …

… Constantia . 1693: Van der Stel authorises attack on Khoikhoi Captain Dorha and his kraal after the group refused …

… disease or were forced to join other clans for survival. Khoikhoi tribe man from South Africa Image Source The San In … San had their lands invaded by cattle herding tribes (the Khoikhoi) from around 1 500 years ago, as well as by many … tried to take over their land. The conflict between the Khoikhoi and the San led to the San leaving certain areas to …

… The settlers and government turned to the indigenous Khoikhoi people to fill the labour gap. Local farmers began employing more local Khoikhoi people when they ran short of labour at the Cape.  The Khoikhoi had lost their land to the colonisers in the late …

… labour for extended periods. Others, however, such as the Khoikhoi communities of the south-western Cape, disintegrated … peoples with whom the Dutch first came into contact, the Khoikhoi, had been settled in the region for at least a … and were an unwilling labour force. This is because the Khoikhoi were a pastoral people, and as long as they had …

… of cattle. In consequence of these repeated attacks, the (Khoikhoi), under the direction of the Missionary, Mr … the sea, should be added to the settlement, provided the (Khoikhoi) were industrious, and the number of their cattle so … population of Theopolis ranked low in comparison with the (Khoikhoi) of the other stations of the London Missionary …

… and run the refreshment station. At first, the local Khoikhoi were prepared to work from time to time, helping in … people thought he was white. He led a group of slaves and Khoikhoi people to Cape Town, where they planned to take over … They marched to Cape Town, gathering over 300 slaves and Khoikhoi servants along the way. When they got close to Cape …

… for the Far East, but an uneasy relationship with the Khoikhoi and San and unfavourable climatic conditions forced … Town was claimed by right of conquest by the Company, and Khoikhoi were warned to stay away, except to barter. …

… above, slave resistance incorporated other groups such as Khoikhoi and displaced San communities. Some slaves ran away … on the Amersfort ran away and were last reported by Khoikhoi to have been seen in Saldanha Bay. By August of that …

… friendly to the exiting government". The dwellings of the Khoikhoi also evicted some comment from Burchell in 1811: … to great drought during the summer. "The number of (Khoikhoi) houses immediately round the church, is not greater … place to place, a wild independent people. "The tribe of (Khoikhoi) now at Klaarwater, had its origin from the two …

… the way they used to live. Rock paintings The San, and the Khoikhoi, who arrived in southern Africa after the …

… when did they arrive? What other names have the San and Khoikhoi been called and why are these names not used today? …

… enslaved members of the indigenous population, mostly the Khoikhoi or San and frequently male for domestic labour, …