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Griqua people
Griekwa | |
|---|---|
 Adam Kok III, The Captain of the Griqua people | |
| Total population | |
| 775,000 Coloured Afrikaans outside the Cape | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| South Africa, Namibia | |
| Languages | |
| Xiri[1] | |
| Religion | |
| Christian Protestant denominations, particularly Dutch Reformed Calvinist | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Coloureds, Khoikhoi, Basters, Oorlam, Afrikaners, Tswana, Xhosa |
The Griquas are a subgroup of mixed-race heterogeneous formerly Xiri[1]-speaking nations in South Africa with a unique origin in the early history of the Dutch Cape Colony.[2] Like the Boers they migrated inland from the Cape and in the 19th century established several states in what is now South Africa and Namibia. The Griqua consider themselves as being South Africa’s first multiracial nation with people descended directly from Dutch settlers in the Cape, and local peoples.
- ^ a b Rosenfelder, 2023
- ^ "Griqua | South African History Online". www.sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 30 May 2020. Text was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons license.
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