Goringhaiqua

E403351

The Goringhaiqua were a Khoikhoi pastoralist group in the Cape region of South Africa, historically known for their resistance to early Dutch colonial expansion.

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Label Occurrences
Goringhaiqua canonical 3

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Khoikhoi group
pastoralist community
affectedBy Dutch colonial expansion
land dispossession
smallpox epidemics
colonialDesignation “Kaapmans” (Cape people) in some Dutch sources
conflictType frontier resistance
culturalRegion Cape Khoikhoi
economyBasedOn livestock herding
trade with passing ships
ethnicGroupOf Khoikhoi
hadLeaderTitle chief
historicalStatus indigenous people of the Cape
interactedWith Dutch East India Company
Jan van Riebeeck
involvedIn Khoikhoi–Dutch conflicts at the Cape
surface form: First Khoikhoi–Dutch War

conflicts with Dutch settlers
kept cattle
sheep
knownFor resistance to early Dutch colonial expansion
languageFamily Khoikhoi language
surface form: Khoikhoi languages
legacy example of Khoikhoi resistance to colonization
part of early colonial history of Cape Town
locatedIn Cape region
South Africa
Southwestern Cape
neighboringGroup Cochoqua
Gorachouqua
Goringhaicona
Gorinhaiqua
partOf Khoikhoi
surface form: Khoikhoi peoples
practiced pastoralism
regionType Table Bay hinterland
socialOrganization chiefdom
clan-based
timePeriod 17th century
early colonial period at the Cape
traded cattle
hides
sheep
tradedWith Dutch settlers
European sailors

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Cochoqua neighboringGroups Goringhaiqua
Goringhaicona neighboringGroup Goringhaiqua