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Khoi is a collective term used by 20th century scholars for several San-speaking people who internally identified themselves by various “clan” names such as “Chochoqua,” “Goringhaiqua,” or “Gorachoqua.” They lived mostly around the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. Traditional subsistence activity largely centered on cattle and sheep herding, but hunting and gathering were also important. With the expansion of European settler agriculture in the 17th century, the Khoi suffered from land alienation and smallpox epidemics which forced them to retreat to more remote and arid regions. By the beginning of the 18th century, as a consequence, the Khoi could no longer live as an economically self-sufficient people. This led to their subsequent incorporation into settler society as domestic and farm workers.

The Nama and others

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The inheritance of private property among the Nama of southern Africa reconsidered

Certain rites of transition and the conception of !Nau among the Hottentots

The social organization of the Nama Hottentots of South Africa

The expression of the social value of water among the Naman of South-West Africa

The music and musical instruments of the Korana

The magic medicine of the Hottentots

Culture of the Hottentots

In Namaland and the Kalahari

The disruption of Khoi society in the 17th century

Medicine, health and medical practice in precolonial Khoikhoi society

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Author	Title	Publication Date
Barnard, Alan (Alan J.)	The Nama and others	1992
Boonzaier, Emile	Culture Summary	2010
Carstens, Peter	The inheritance of private property among the Nama of southern Africa reconsidered	1983
Hoernlé, Winifred	Certain rites of transition and the conception of !Nau among the Hottentots	1918
Hoernlé, Winifred	The social organization of the Nama Hottentots of South Africa	1925
Hoernlé, Winifred	The expression of the social value of water among the Naman of South-West Africa	1923
Kirby, Percival R. (Percival Robson)	The music and musical instruments of the Korana	1932
Laidler, Percy Ward	The magic medicine of the Hottentots	1928
Schapera, Isaac	Culture of the Hottentots	1930
Schultze, Leonhard Sigmund	In Namaland and the Kalahari	1907
Smith, Andrew B. (Andrew Brown)	The disruption of Khoi society in the 17th century	1983
Viljoen, Russel Stafford	Medicine, health and medical practice in precolonial Khoikhoi society	1999

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