Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A family of languages of southern Africa, including those of the Khoikhoi and the San.
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- proper noun The group of Southern African
indigenous people, comprising the Khoi andSan . Indigenous to the semi-desert regions. - proper noun The group of languages associated with the Khoisan including
Nama , ‡Hõã,ǃKung ,ǃXũũ , Ju/’hoan, and‡Kx’auǁ’ein . - noun A member of the Khoi or San people.
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- noun a family of languages spoken in southern Africa
Etymologies
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Following an initial labor shortage immediately after the 1 December 1838 emancipation, a number of former slaves may have returned to their previous masters seeking work in a familiar environment. 57 Other freed slaves probably moved to more densely settled areas of the colony in search of work, as did some Khoisan from the region. 58
Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa 2008
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I would like to issue a challenge to those of you who speak a Khoisan language - whether it be Nama,!
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Note 12: For information on prior language classifications referenced in reconstructing these linguistic periods, see Ehret, African Classical Age; Tom Güldemann and Rainer Vossen, "Khoisan" in African Languages: An Introduction, ed.
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The history of the struggle against colonialism cannot be complete until we record the stories of heroes such as Khoisan leader Autshumato, the first political prisoner on Robben Island and the only man to escape from the island and survive.
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The history of the struggle against colonialism cannot be complete until we record the stories of heroes such as Khoisan leader Autshumato, the first political prisoner on Robben Island and the only man to escape from the island and survive.
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See A.T. Culwick, "Ritual Use of Rock Painting at Bahi, Tanganyika Territory," Man 31, March (1931): 33 – 36; Tom Güldemann and Rainer Vossen, "Khoisan," 104 – 5; Fidelis T. Masao, The Rock Art of Kondoa and Singida: A Comparative Description (Dar es Salaam, National Museums of Tanzania, 1982). back
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The century-long process was a daily struggle for countless Khoisan, four generations of settler families, and their slaves.
Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa 2008
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Susan Newton-King's outstanding Masters and Servants on the Cape Eastern Frontier is set in the eighteenth century and focuses on the tensions between Khoisan and colonists.
Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa 2008
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For Khoisan, frontier regions afforded continued, though restricted, access to land — not so much an opportunity as a mitigated misfortune.
Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa 2008
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Cape Town's tardiness is in part because of the fact that it is governed by the opposition Democratic Alliance and its main constituency is not black but coloured'' descendants of slaves and the indigenous Khoisan.
Cape Town finally takes the time to honour Nelson Mandela 2010
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