The designation "Khoikhoi" is actually a kare or praise address, not an ethnic endonym, but it has been used in the literature as an ethnic term for Khoe -speaking peoples of Southern Africa, particularly …

The Khoikhoi ("men of men") or Khoi, in standardised Khoekhoe/Nama orthography spelled Khoekhoe, are a historical division of the Khoisan ethnic group of southwestern Africa, closely related to the …

Khoikhoi languages have largely been replaced by Afrikaans and, until the 1990s, were rapidly disappearing in South Africa—very few young people, even in the reserve areas, retained more than …

Khoekhoe, any member of a people of Southern Africa whom the first European explorers found in areas of the hinterland and who now generally live either in European settlements or on official reserves in …

Oct 10, 2023 · Khoikhoi means “men of men” or “people of people,” while Khoisan refers to the linguistic and genetic heritage of the Khoikhoi and San people. The Khoikhoi, also known as the Khoi, …

After the Bushmen, came the Khoikhoi (also called Khoekhoe, Khoenkhoen or Koina). They were close cousins of the Bushmen, but had started keeping flocks of cattle and sheep.

The Khoikhoi were traditionally pastoralists who raised cattle, sheep, and goats and moved seasonally in search of grazing land. They lived in small, decentralized communities, each led by a chief or headman.

In the 1400s the Khoikhoi inhabited the mainland. Those who herded cattle were known as the Peninsular Khoi and those who did not own livestock but lived of whatever the gathered in the area …

The meaning of KHOIKHOI is a member of any of a group of Khoisan-speaking pastoral peoples of southern Africa.

The Khoikhoi peoples are known as great nomadic pastoralists, and this was our form of land economy. We were known to possess a great amount of wealth in the form of cattle, sheep, indigenous …