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Griqua
… the missionary John Campbell, they came up with the name Griqua. They established a basic system of government based … called Klaarwater, later known as…
Griqua community
… The Griqua people’s history is not directly intertwined with that … the missionary John Campbell, they came up with the name Griqua. They established a basic…
Contact, conflict and dispossession on the Cape eastern or northern frontiers in the nineteenth century
… also hunted elephants and traded their tusks. The Kora and Griqua were groups of people of mixed descent and runaway … also traded pack oxen, which they got…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1800s
… "Basters" by the colonial authorities but name themselves Griqua , a name which has its possible origins in an old … codifies the Cape Slave Trade Law Cape…
ArticleThe Basotho
… sent them a diplomatic gift of cattle. Kora and the Griqua bandits also raided the Kingdom, but were ambushed by the Basotho, who seized their guns and…
ArticlePrehistory of the Bloemfontein area
… posed by armed Khoe (Korana) and groups of mixed ancestry (Griqua). According to one interpretation, the city takes its name from Jan Bloem II, the leader of…
ArticleTransformation in Southern Africa Timeline 1700-1800
… unsuccessful. 1831 A force of around 300 mounted Kora and Griqua and several Tswana plan to completely conquer the … the missionaries lead a mixed group of…
Political revolution between 1820 and 1835
… Zimbabwe . Southern interior: role of Boer, Kora and Griqua raiders The Boer raiders were frontier farmers who … raided the Ndebele kingdom where they…
Mission Stations - G-H
… instead of Bastard (Khoikhoi), and the place called Griqua-town, instead of Klaar Water". Two months later, in … with a conical roof, a door, and one window…
ArticleMatabele Wars 1836-1896
… In the 1830s the Ndebele king made enemies of the Griqua and Rolong peoples through constant raids into their … in October 1836. The Voortrekker forces …
ArticlePolitical changes from 1750 to 1835
… by the Taung who had forged an alliance with the Kora and Griqua. They were unsuccessful and the Kora were driven to … In 1831 a force of around 300 mounted…
Prehistory of the Rustenburg area
… in turn, were ousted from the region by a coalition of Griqua, Tswana and Voortrekkers in 1837. During the Difaqane … Mzilikazi was ousted from the region by…
Khoisan Identity
… various sub-groups, including Cape Coloured, Cape Malay, Griqua, Nama, and ‘other Coloured’. The Khoisan community was … descent, for example, often…
ArticleTreks & Land conflicts timeline 1602-1966
… captured after years of waging war on white settlers. 1834 Griqua, Kora and Rolong forces, in the company of Wesleyan …
ArticleKora
… Afrikanders led by Jacobus Afrikander, and a number of Griqua rebels under Gamka Pienaar. The Korana 'raider' groups …
ArticleRight to Organise Timeline 1500-1994
… Chopi from the south of that country. The Tswana and the Griqua, forced off the diamondiferous lands, first resist …
ArticleColonial history of Bloemfontein
… Kimberly. After the discovery of diamonds in the OFS the Griqua Chief Nicolas Waterboer claimed that the area between … slaves. Other mixed groups in the…
ArticleThe Khoisan
… Afrikanders led by Jacobus Afrikander, and a number of Griqua rebels under Gamka Pienaar. The Korana 'raider' groups …
ArticleHow the Group Areas Act shaped spaces, memories and identities in Cape Town
… as it did seven categories, i.e. Cape Coloured, Malay, Griqua, Indian, Chinese, other Asiatic and ‘other Coloured’, …
ArticleCo-operation and conflict on the Highveld
… Smith's consent, Varden sent an army of British troops, Griqua, Kora, Rolong and a small number of Boers to attack …
The Struggle Over Land, The Basotho lose out
… Smith's consent, Varden sent an army of British troops, Griqua, Kora, Rolong and a small number of Boers to attack …
ArticleThe Mfecane: Understanding a Period of Transformation in Southern Africa
… in the Cape Colony . He argued that slave raiding by Griqua , Kora , and other groups armed with European weapons … defended his people against attacks from…
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1800-1899
The nineteenth century was a period of several events whose socio-political and economic impact profoundly changed South Africa and the African continent…
Mission Stations - A-F
… of the Khoikhoi population of Campbell: "They now live at Griqua Town and Campbell's Dorp. They have given up their … and mat huts. This place was purchased…
ArticleGreat Trek 1835-1846
… and in January 1837, with the help of a small force of Griqua, Kora, Rolong and Tlokwa, they captured Mzilikazi 's …
Political changes from 1750 to 1820
… the Basotho. King Moshoeshoe Image source Secondly the Griqua, who lived further west of the Basotho kingdom, wanted …
Ramifications of South Africa’s Dop System by Alexandra Larkin
This article was written by Alexandra Larkin and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Abstract This essay sheds…
Mission Stations - I-L
Mission Stations - I IBISI, Natal: FMA; WMMS ICQUIBIGHA, Cape: see IGQIBIGHA, Middledrift, Cape IDUTYWA, also known as IDUTYWA RESERVE, Cape: UFS 1880;…
General South African History Timeline: 1970s
… tribal territory, but has for 115 years been an area of Griqua, coloured and white settlement. The area is …