HIST 231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Cape Malays, Cape Coloureds, Khoisan Languages
15 Nov 2017
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Not interested in trading with europeans, considered less civilized than. Bantu (xhosa, zulu, sotho, swazi, pedi, tswana, shona, etc. ) Herders using stone tools: the cape"s khoe population. Cape of good hope not actually very good. Ports were seen as minor refreshment areas for portuguese - sights set on further things. Dutch communicate first with khoisan speakers, unaware of others. Cape town had a mediterranean climate - good for farming. Slave and wage labourers - african and malay. Khoi and san were considered yellow, not black. Voc steals land and gives cheap leases. Voc policy: europeans brought in to settle africans and asians brought in as slaves. Slave populations: from 14 641 (in 1783) to 31 588 (in 1807, abolition) Owned by voc (gardeners, janitors) and households limited rights (life, but not civil) Afrikaners - self-identified european settlers distinct from company, speaking. Cape dutch (evolved to afrikaans during 18th century) Considered a kitchen language , adapted for african landscape.
