Khoikhoi

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ethnic group indigenous people pastoralist people

The Khoikhoi are an indigenous pastoralist people of southwestern Africa, historically known for their cattle-herding societies and early encounters with European colonists in what is now South Africa and Namibia.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Hottentots 1
Khoikhoi auxiliaries 1
Khoikhoi peoples 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
pastoralist people ⓘ
broaderGrouping Khoisan peoples ⓘ
colonialImpact disease epidemics ⓘ
labor exploitation ⓘ
land dispossession ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Namibia ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
culturalPractice age-grade initiation ⓘ
cattle-based bridewealth ⓘ
ritual cattle slaughter ⓘ
distinguishedFrom San hunter-gatherers ⓘ
earlyContactRegion Cape Colony ⓘ
Cape of Good Hope ⓘ
economyType pastoralism ⓘ
encounteredColonialPower British Empire ⓘ
Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
surface form: Dutch Empire
heritageStatus indigenous cultural heritage of Namibia ⓘ
indigenous cultural heritage of South Africa ⓘ
historicalExonym Khoikhoi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hottentots
historicalExonymLanguage Dutch ⓘ
historicalExonymStatus pejorative ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfFirstEuropeanContact 17th century ⓘ
languageFamily Khoe languages ⓘ
Khoe-Kwadi ⓘ
mobilityPattern semi-nomadic ⓘ
notableHistoricalEvent Khoikhoi–Dutch conflicts at the Cape ⓘ
primaryRegion Namibia ⓘ
surface form: Southwestern Africa
relatedEthnicGroup Damara people ⓘ
Nama people ⓘ
Khoisan peoples ⓘ
surface form: San people
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
selfDesignation Khoikhoi self-link ⓘ
selfDesignationMeaning real people ⓘ
socialOrganization chiefdoms ⓘ
clan-based ⓘ
traditionalEconomy cattle herding ⓘ
sheep herding ⓘ
traditionalLivestock cattle ⓘ
goats ⓘ
sheep ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence pastoralism ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Cape region ⓘ
Namaqualand ⓘ
Walvis Bay ⓘ
surface form: Namibian coast

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Khoikhoi → historicalExonym → Khoikhoi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hottentots
this entity surface form: Khoikhoi auxiliaries
Khoikhoi → selfDesignation → Khoikhoi self-link ⓘ
Khoisan languages → spokenBy → Khoikhoi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khoikhoi peoples