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… to thrive and produce enough food, while reluctance by the Khoikhoi to barter with Dutch settlers deprived them of fresh … Table Bay and beyond that resulted in conflicts with the Khoikhoi. Dutch perceptions of land as a commodity with … be privately owned, exchanged or sold, was at odds with Khoikhoi views of land and grazing pastures as property of …

… replenish water. De Almeida and his men then traded with Khoikhoi who lived in the area. By all accounts these initial … trades were cordial and both sides were satisfied. The Khoikhoi received iron in exchange for cattle. This … approximately 12 of the Portuguese sailors visited the Khoikhoi village and attempted to steal a number of cattle. …

… The KhoiKhoi Rebellion …

… The arrival of KhoiKhoi …

… The Struggle over land - Khoikhoi meet Dutch …

… The end of the second KhoiKhoi war …

… With the coming of the Dutch settlers, the Khoikhoi faced a stronger demand for their cattle. Trade … of theft caused great tension between colonists and the Khoikhoi who feared that the settlement of free burghers … increasingly volatile situation stepped a Goring-haiqua (Khoikhoi group) named Doman, who was sent to Batavia to learn …

… Extension of Khoikhoi (then referred to as Hottentots) liberties …

… other people. Two of the most well-known groups are the Khoikhoi, who had been herders and the San, who had been … hunters. The arrival of the settlers meant that both the Khoikhoi and the San found their lives severely compromised.  … to win wars, raid cattle and subsequently reduce the Khoikhoi to servants. Thus, the story of the European …

… almost as soon as he landed, he emerged as the staunchest Khoikhoi critic of Van Riebeeck's policies. When Van Riebeeck … could not be fired in the rain with damp powder. The First Khoikhoi-Dutch War followed , it lasted almost a year and … firearms and unwilling to storm the central fort, the Khoikhoi eventually signaled their willingness to parley. A …

… The last Khoikhoi Chief of Komaggas by Horst Kleinschmidt, November …

… the Company had been solely reliant on trade with local Khoikhoi groups to acquire livestock and meat. Furthermore, … 1680 the injurious effects of the livestock trade on the Khoikhoi had been felt. Somewhat paradoxically, Van der Stel … themselves from trading directly with neighbouring Khoikhoi groups. He believed that if the colonists were …

… the only figure possessing an intimate knowledge of both Khoikhoi and Dutch culture; as she passed back and forth … and the other, she exchanged her Dutch clothing for Khoikhoi skins, and vice versa. However, her work as an … (VOC), which favoured total cultural assimilation for Khoikhoi, gave her a generous dowry. The keeper of Wagenaer’s …

… and Khama. His depictions of local inhabitants such as the Khoikhoi and Africans are considered his best work. However, … of life on the frontier, particularly his portraits of the Khoikhoi and Africans. They are described as 'full of humour …

… She belonged to the cattle-herding Gonaquasub group of the Khoikhoi. Sara grew up on a colonial farm where her family … driver, died when she reached adolescence. Sara married a Khoikhoi man who was a drummer and they had one child … colonial expansion, the Dutch came into conflict with the Khoikhoi. As a result people were gradually absorbed into the …

… shores, they came to the Gourits estuary where they saw Khoikhoi tending their wide-horned cattle. They named this … were able to buy by barter cattle and sheep. But the Khoikhoi later grew distrustful of the interlopers and … men who had remained, six had been killed in attacks by Khoikhoi hostile to their presence, and the three survivors …

… to trade goods, such as alcohol and tabacco with the Khoikhoi for sheep and cattle. [2] However, after the … who farmed with vegetables and bought livestock from the Khoikhoi, which they would trade to passing ships. By the … where Europeans viewed themselves as superior to the Khoikhoi, San, imported slaves and Africans. [5] Black people …

… the modern city of Cape Town is located) was inhabited by Khoikhoi pastoralists who used it seasonally as pastures for … on the shores of Table Bay they came into contact with Khoikhoi.  In the summer months the Khoikhoi moved around between the areas of Table Bay, …

… he repeatedly stressed the need to open the debate on Khoikhoi identity, but claims that in this, he was subtly …

… 4.     Where did they come from? 5.     What does the name Khoikhoi mean? 6.     Why did European settlers call the Khoikhoi Hottentots? 7.     How was the way the Khoikhoi lived different from the way the San lived? 8.     …

… to India, stopped briefly and bartered for cattle with the Khoikhoi on 26 November 1497. With the discovery of the route … tents along the coast to facilitate trading with the Khoikhoi. Secondly, frequent contact between the Khoikhoi and European sailors increased tensions and resulted …

… part of Southern Africa. Herders, also known as the Khoikhoi, arrived, bringing with them a different way of life … world. For the San hunter-gatherers many aspects of the Khoikhoi way of life were strange and difficult to understand. This map shows three possible routes the Khoikhoi took to Southern Africa. The part of the route that …

… herders, or pastoralists, in southern Africa were the Khoikhoi. They were also called Hottentots, but also called themselves the Khoikhoi, meaning “men of men” or “the real people” because … Where did they come from? It is difficult to say where the Khoikhoi came from, but they arrived in southern Africa from …

… about the VOC in our Special Feature. Contact with the Khoikhoi Who are the Khoikhoi? The Khoikhoi are a race of people of Southern Africa, of short …

… pastoralists in southern Africa, and called themselves Khoikhoi (or Khoe), which means 'men of men' or 'the real … was chosen to show pride in their past and culture. The Khoikhoi brought a new way of life to South Africa and to the … and subsequent conflict between the two groups. The Khoikhoi were the first native people to come into contact …

… by the Dutch, because they made their homes in the bush. Khoikhoi herders Vocabulary Definition Pastoralists people … Status position Indigenous the first people on the land Khoikhoi Image source The word ‘Khoikhoi’ means ‘Men among Men’. The Khoikhoi were similar to …

… South Africa from further north in Africa were the San and Khoikhoi. The San are also known as Bushmen and the Khoikhoi as Hottentots, but these names are not used anymore. … Nyae. Near the border between Botswana and Namibia. The Khoikhoi What is a pastoral society? The Khoikhoi kept …

… conflict with the local people. First they met up with the Khoikhoi, who fought them off when the Boers tried to settle on Khoikhoi land. Later, in the East, they met up with the … took their slaves along with them. They also employed some Khoikhoi people as servants and they moved together, further …

… and skills to the east of southern Africa, just like the Khoikhoi and their herds of animals. They introduced crop … farmers lived in larger communities than the San or Khoikhoi because more people were needed to look after herds … African farmers had much larger herds of cattle than Khoikhoi farmers, but their animals were also very important. …

… the Cape of Good Hope to collect fresh water and food. The Khoikhoi people at the Cape traded sheep, cattle, ivory, … the Dutch did not trade guns as they did not want the Khoikhoi to use the guns against them. In 1652, the VOC … the company planted vegetables and obtained meat from the Khoikhoi so that they could supply the ships as they called …