Coloured South African

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ethnic group multiracial community

Coloured South Africans are a multiracial ethnic group in South Africa with mixed ancestry, distinct cultural traditions, and historically significant communities, particularly in the Western Cape.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Coloured South Africans 3
Cape Coloured 1
Coloured South African canonical 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
multiracial community ⓘ
ancestry Bantu peoples ⓘ
surface form: Bantu-speaking Africans

European ⓘ
Indonesian ⓘ
Khoisan peoples ⓘ
surface form: Khoisan

Madagascan ⓘ
Malaysian ⓘ
South Asian ⓘ
Southeast Asian ⓘ
citizenship South African citizens ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
culturalTrait Cape Malay cultural influences ⓘ
Cape Carnival ⓘ
surface form: Kaapse Klopse carnival

distinct Cape Coloured identity ⓘ
distinct cuisine ⓘ
distinct music traditions ⓘ
unique Afrikaans dialects ⓘ
discrimination subject to apartheid laws ⓘ
economicStatus disproportionately affected by poverty ⓘ
governmentRecognition official population group in South African census ⓘ
heritage Mitchells Plain ⓘ
surface form: Cape Flats communities

rural Western Cape mission stations ⓘ
historicalContext apartheid racial classification ⓘ
historicalPolicy Group Areas Act forced removals ⓘ
separate education system under apartheid ⓘ
identityDebate ongoing discussions about mixed-race identity ⓘ
term "Coloured" sometimes contested ⓘ
language Afrikaans ⓘ
English ⓘ
legalStatusDuringApartheid separate racial category ⓘ
migrationPattern internal migration to Gauteng ⓘ
politicalRight limited franchise in parts of 20th century South Africa ⓘ
populationStatus one of the largest ethnic groups in Western Cape ⓘ
postApartheidStatus recognized as part of Black population in broad political sense ⓘ
primaryRegion Western Cape ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
selfIdentification Bruinmense ⓘ
Coloured ⓘ
Kleurlinge (historical, contested) ⓘ
significantRegion Eastern Cape ⓘ
Gauteng ⓘ
Northern Cape ⓘ
urbanCenter Cape Town ⓘ
Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ
surface form: Johannesburg

Kimberley ⓘ
Port Elizabeth ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

South African → ethnicGroup → Coloured South African ⓘ
Immorality Act → disproportionatelyTargeted → Coloured South African ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coloured South Africans
apartheid government of South Africa → disenfranchised → Coloured South African ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coloured South Africans
Allan Boesak → ethnicGroup → Coloured South African ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coloureds in South Africa
Danny Williams → ethnicity → Coloured South African ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cape Coloured
Mitchells Plain → demographicGroup → Coloured South African ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coloured South Africans
Hazel Jenkins → ethnicGroup → Coloured South African ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coloureds