Who Are/Were the Hottentots?
Coetzee speaks of them in various books (especially in his autobiographical works; some essays): I believe he uses both the Dutch term: Hottentot (now considered offensive), and the name these people called themselves: Khoikhoi or Khoi. I believe he also says that these natives have pretty much disappeared, or were largely absorbed into the "coloured" of South Africa. Here's part of what Wikipedia says: The Khoikhoi ("people people" or "real people") or Khoi , in standardised Khoekhoe/ Nama orthography spelled Khoekhoe , are a historical division of the Khoisan ethnic group, the native people of southwestern Africa , closely related to the Bushmen (or San , as the Khoikhoi called them). They had lived in southern Africa since the 5th century AD . [1] When European immigrants colonized the area in 1652, the Khoikhoi were practising extensive pastoral agriculture in the Cape region, with large herds of Nguni cattle . The European immigrants ...