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

How this entity was disambiguated

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

How these facts were elicited

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