Khoikhoi

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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.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Khoikhoi canonical 13
Khoikhoi peoples 4
Khoikhoi people 2

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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

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Referenced by (21)

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

Khoisan languages spokenBy Khoikhoi
this entity surface form: Khoikhoi peoples
Khoikhoi selfDesignation Khoikhoi self-link
Khoikhoi historicalExonym Khoikhoi self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Hottentots
Frontier Wars involvedEthnicGroup Khoikhoi
this entity surface form: Khoikhoi auxiliaries
Khoi-San composedOf Khoikhoi
Nama/Damara subgroupOf Khoikhoi
subject surface form: Nama people
Khoikhoi language spokenBy Khoikhoi
this entity surface form: Khoikhoi people
Khoikhoi language hasEthnicAssociation Khoikhoi
this entity surface form: Khoikhoi people
Goringhaiqua partOf Khoikhoi
this entity surface form: Khoikhoi peoples
Gorinhaiqua ethnicGroupOf Khoikhoi
Gorinhaiqua partOf Khoikhoi
this entity surface form: Khoikhoi peoples
Cochoqua ethnicGroup Khoikhoi
Goringhaicona ethnicGroup Khoikhoi
Goringhaicona partOf Khoikhoi
this entity surface form: Khoikhoi peoples