Griqua people

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The Griqua people are a mixed-race, Afrikaans-speaking community in South Africa with roots in Khoikhoi, European, and other ancestries, known for forming semi-independent polities during the 18th and 19th centuries.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Griqua 3
Griqua people canonical 3
Griqua groups 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf South African people
ethnic group
mixed-race community
ancestry European
Khoikhoi
other African groups
continent Africa
country South Africa
culturalInfluence Dutch settler culture
Khoikhoi culture
missionary Christianity
culturalRevival post-apartheid identity movements
demographicStatus minority group in modern South Africa
ethnicity Griqua
linked to: Griqua people
formed semi-independent polities
heritageLanguage Khoekhoe (historical)
linked to: Khoikhoi language
historicalActivity establishing independent chiefdoms
trekking communities
historicalPeriod 18th century
19th century
historicalRegion Cape Colony
Griqualand East
Griqualand West
Northern Cape
historicalRole frontier intermediaries between Europeans and African polities
involvedIn frontier conflicts in 19th-century southern Africa
language Afrikaans
modernLanguageShift Afrikaans-dominant
notableLeader Adam Kok I
Adam Kok II
Adam Kok III
Andries Waterboer
Nicholas Waterboer
politicalEntity Griqualand East
Griqualand West
Kokstad Griqua polity
Philippolis Griqua polity
politicalStatus semi-independent
recognizedAs Coloured group in South African racial classification
relatedGroup Baster people
Cape Coloureds
Nama people
religion Christianity
selfIdentification distinct indigenous people
traditionalEconomy hunting
pastoralism
trading
treatyRelations British Empire
Cape Colony authorities
linked to: Cape Colony

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Referenced by (8)

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

Griqualand West namedAfter Griqua people
Griqualand West ethnicGroupAssociated Griqua
linked to: Griqua people
Khoi-San hasSubgroup Griqua
linked to: Griqua people
Difaqane involves Griqua groups
linked to: Griqua people
Kokstad foundedBy Griqua people
Griqua people ethnicity Griqua
linked to: Griqua people
Griqua polity around Kimberley governedBy Griqua leadership
linked to: Griqua people