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Establishment of the Cape and its impact on Khoikhoi and Dutch
… 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…
EventKhoikhoi warriors defeat Portuguese thieves
… 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…
ArchiveThe KhoiKhoi Rebellion
… The KhoiKhoi Rebellion …
The arrival of KhoiKhoi
… The arrival of KhoiKhoi …
The end of the second KhoiKhoi war
… The end of the second KhoiKhoi war …
The Struggle over land - Khoikhoi meet Dutch
… The Struggle over land - Khoikhoi meet Dutch …
The Khoikhoi carry out a series of raids on the free burghers’ herds
… 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…
Extension of Khoikhoi (then referred to as Hottentots) liberties
… Extension of Khoikhoi (then referred to as Hottentots) liberties …
EventNative Khoikhoi tribespeople are alleged to have looted more than forty cattle from Cape Settlers
… 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…
BiographyDoman
… 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…
The last Khoikhoi Chief of Komaggas by Horst Kleinschmidt, November 2012, (SK Newsletter 15)
… The last Khoikhoi Chief of Komaggas by Horst Kleinschmidt, November …
BiographySimon van der Stel
… the Company had been solely reliant on trade with local Khoikhoi groups to acquire livestock and meat. Furthermore, … 1680 the injurious effects of the…
BiographyKrotoa (Eva)
… 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…
BiographyFrederick Timpson I’Ons
… and Khama. His depictions of local inhabitants such as the Khoikhoi and Africans are considered his best work. However, … of life on the frontier,…
BiographySara “Saartjie” Baartman
… 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…
BiographyBartolomeu Dias
… 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…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Essay Questions
… 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…
ArticleThe Dutch Settlement
… 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…
BiographyChief Hendrik ‘Hennie’ van Wyk
… he repeatedly stressed the need to open the debate on Khoikhoi identity, but claims that in this, he was subtly …
Hunter-gatherers and herders in Southern Africa Activity
… 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…
Early struggles, contact and conflict in the Cape Colony
… 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…
The Arrival of the Khoisan
… 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…
ArticleKhoisan herder society in the Later Stone Age
… herders, or pastoralists, in southern Africa were the Khoikhoi. They were also called Hottentots, but also called themselves the Khoikhoi, meaning “men of…
The Dutch and the Khoisan
… 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 …
ArticleThe Khoisan
… 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…
ArticleAfrica and the Atlantic slave trade - sixteenth to nineteenth centuries
… by the Dutch, because they made their homes in the bush. Khoikhoi herders Vocabulary Definition Pastoralists people … Status position Indigenous the first…
ArticleBecoming human in southern Africa
… 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…
ArticleEuropean trading systems in the Middle Ages - fourteenth to sixteenth centuries
… 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,…
ArticleWhen, why and where the first African farmers settled in Southern Africa
… 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…
ArticleAfrica, Portugal
… 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…