The Griqua (Afrikaans Griekwa) are a subgroup of South Africa's heterogeneous and multiracial Coloured people. Afrikaans is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in South Africa and Namibia with smaller numbers of speakers in Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Zambia. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Protestantism is a movement within Christianity, representing the splitting away from the Roman Catholic Church during the mid-to-late Renaissance in Europe—a period known as the Protestant Reformation. ... In the South African context, the term Coloured refers to various people of mixed Bantu, Khoisan, and European descent (with some Malay or Indian ancestry, especially in the Western Cape) together with some racially pure Khoisans. ... An 18th century drawing of Khoikhoi worshipping the moon The Khoikhoi (men of men) or Khoi are a historical division of the Khoisan ethnic group of south-western Africa, closely related to the Bushmen (or San, as the Khoikhoi called them). ... Namaqua are a pastoral people of South Africa, Namibia and Botswana; one of the principal branches of the Khoikhoi race, and inhabiting Great Namaqualand. ... The Basters (also known as Baasters or Rehoboth Basters) are the descendents of liaisons between the Cape Colony Dutch and indigenous African women. ... Afrikaners (sometimes known as Boers) are white South Africans, predominantly of Calvinist German, French Huguenot, Friesian and Walloons descent who speak Afrikaans. ... Afrikaans is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in South Africa and Namibia with smaller numbers of speakers in Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Zambia. ... This boy has parents who identify themselves as being of Australian and Japanese ethnicity. ... In the South African and Namibian context, the term Coloured (also known as Bruinmense, Kleurlinge or Bruine Afrikaners) refers to a rather heterogeneous group of people of mixed Khoisan, white European descent, Malay, Malagasy, Black (Bantu), and South Indian ancestry, especially in the Western Cape. ...

The Griqua are often considered to be a racially and culturally mixed people whose origin goes back to the intermarriages or sexual relations between European colonists in the Cape and the Khoikhoi already living there in the 17th and 18th centuries. This notion apparently derives from the name given in 1813 by Rev. John Campbell (London Missionary Society) to a mixed group of Grigriqua (a Cape Khoikhoi tribe), 'bastaards', Koranna, and Tswana living at the site of present day Griquatown (formerly "Klaarwater"). According to a map by Isaac Tirion, by 1730 the Grigriquas already lived in this northeastern section of the Cape Colony. Official language English and Dutch1 Capital Cape Town Largest City Cape Town Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 1st 569,020 km² (1910) Negligible Population  - Total (1911)  - Density Ranked 1st 2,564,965 4. ... An 18th century drawing of Khoikhoi worshipping the moon The Khoikhoi (men of men) or Khoi are a historical division of the Khoisan ethnic group of south-western Africa, closely related to the Bushmen (or San, as the Khoikhoi called them). ...

Genetic evidence indicates that the majority of the present Griqua population is a racial mix of Khoikhoi and African (mainly Tswana) peoples, with only small contributions of Bushman and European genes.^[1] Tswana (Motswana, plural Batswana) is the name of a Southern African people. ... The Bushmen (also known as Khwe Khoe, Basarwa, or San) peoples of South Africa and neighbouring Botswana and Namibia, who live in the Kalahari, are part of the Khoisan group and are related to the Khoikhoi. ...

In the 19th century the Griqua controlled several political entities that were governed by Kapteins (Afrikaans for "Captain", i.e. leader) and their Councils, with their own written constitutions.^[2] Today, Basters are a separate ethnic group of similarly mixed origins living in south-central Namibia. The Griqua largely adopted the Afrikaans language before their migrations. The Basters (also known as Baasters or Rehoboth Basters) are the descendents of liaisons between the Cape Colony Dutch and indigenous African women. ... Afrikaans is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in South Africa and Namibia. ...

The Griqua have their own church, the Griqua Church, which is Protestant with a strong focus on maintaining the Griqua identity. Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ...

The total population is somewhere between 100.000 and 300.000. The great variance between the two figures is partly due to the definition of Griqua and of political controversy between various political leaders (and academics).

The Griqua are primarily found in the Northern Cape (the historic territory of Griqualand West) and the Western Cape (around the cities of Kranshoek and Plettenberg Bay). Northern Cape is a province of South Africa, created in 1994 when the Cape Province was split up. ... The Western Cape is a province in the south west of South Africa. ...

Griqualand

The Griqua give their name to several parts of south Africa as Griqualand as they migrated away from other areas of population.

• Griqualand East is an area around Kokstad on the frontier between the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal. This area was settled by Adam Kok III and 2,000 Griquas who followed him over the Drakensberg in 1861. The Griqua there were largely absorbed into the local Xhosa population.
• Griqualand West is the area around Kimberley and became significant when diamonds were discovered there; it has also been known for its rugby and cricket teams.

Location of Kokstad in KwaZulu-Natal Province Kokstad is a town in the Sisonke District of KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. ... The Eastern Cape is a province of South Africa. ... KwaZulu-Natal (often referred to as KZN) is a province of South Africa. ... Adam Kok III (16 October 1811 - 1875) was a leader of the Griqua people in South Africa. ... The Drakensberg Drakensberg Range from space, April 1993 The Drakensberg (Dragon Mountains in Afrikaans) mountains are the highest in South Africa, rising up at Thabana Ntlenyana to 3,482 m (11,422 ft) in height. ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... The Xhosa people are a group of peoples of Bantu origins living in south-east South Africa. ... Kimberley is a town in South Africa, and the capital of the Northern Cape. ... For other uses, including the shape â—Š, see Diamond (disambiguation). ...

Notes

1. ↑ Alan G. Morris. 1997. The Griqua and the Khoikhoi: Biology, Ethnicity and the Construction of Identity. / In: Kronos Journal of Cape History, No. 24, page 106 – 118.
2. ↑  Jeroen G. Zandberg. 2005. Rehoboth Griqua Atlas. ISBN 90-808768-2-8.