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Another look at ‘Khoikhoi’ and related ethnonyms
Acta Academica: Critical views on society, culture and politics, 2011 The nomadic pastoralists formerly called “Hottentots” are today known as the Khoikhoi, a term also encountered as Khoekhoe, often abbreviated as Khoe. The name, said to be derived from the words khoi (khoe) “person” and khoin (khoen) “people”, is variously interpreted as “people of people”, “the best people”, “people of pure race”, “excellent people”, “
Peter E. Raper
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The interrelatedness between the Nama Khoikhoi supreme being and celestial objects
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological StudiesThe assumption among Europeans that the Khoikhoi indigenous people of southern Africa had little to no religious beliefs is evident throughout historical documents. However, if the Khoikhoi were regarded as having any religious beliefs, it was assumed that the moon or sun were objects of worship in the society. Contrary to this incorrect interpretation,
Hartmann, Iwana, Sukdaven, Maniraj
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Laughing with Sam Sly: The cultural politics of satire and colonial British identity in the Cape Colony, c. 1840-1850 [PDF]
Kronos, 2010 This article examines Sam Sly’s African Journal (1843–51), a literary and satirical newspaper published by William Layton Sammons in Cape Town. It contends that the newspaper utilised satire to forge British cultural affinity in the colony, as well as
Holdridge, Christopher
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A Chewable Cure "Kanna": Biological and Pharmaceutical Properties of Sceletium tortuosum. [PDF]
Molecules, 2021 Sceletium tortuosum (L.) N.E.Br. (Mesembryanthemaceae), commonly known as kanna or kougoed, is an effective indigenous medicinal plant in South Africa, specifically to the native San and Khoikhoi tribes.
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R.S. Viljoen: Jan Paerl, a Khoikhoi in Cape Colonial Society 1761-1851
BMGN - Low Countries Historical Review, 2009 J. van Goor
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Reinterpreting Millenarian Sentiments at the Dutch Cape Colony
BMGN: Low Countries Historical Review, 2023 During the long nineteenth century, European colonists, in among others Asia and Africa, were often confronted with self-proclaimed prophets who predicted an apocalyptic uprising which would bring about a new era of peace and independence from European ...
Anne Marieke van der Wal
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The Ethnonyms ≠Aunin, Topnaars, and !Naranin
Names, 2010 The ≠Aunin, also called Topnaars and !Naranin, are an exceptional people, currently regarded as Nama (Khoikhoi) but thought to be originally San (Bushmen).
Peter E Raper
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The black female body: Representation of the erotic in contemporary visual art in Africa
E-REA, 2021 Black sexual politics and its interaction with the eroticized female body in African art are still surprisingly underexplored topics in African academia (“African” not “Africanist”, to follow the distinction made by Jones in “African Scholarship ...
Tayler FRIAR
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Voor 1652 – Vakhistorici se interpretasies van die vroeë SuidAfrikaanse geskiedenis
Contree, 2012 During the last few decades scholars from various disciplines, such as paleonthology, archeology, anthropology and linguistics, have steadily increased our knowledge of early South African history.
Pieter de Klerk
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Contree, 2010 During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries a number of European countries founded settlements on the American and African continents. The colonizing powers sent settlers from Europe and slaves from Africa and Asia to their colonies.
Pieter De Klerk
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