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GriquaPeople of mixed Khoekhoe and European ancestry who occupied central South Africa just north of the Orange River in the 19th century. In 1861, having been forced to sell their land rights to Orange Free State, one group of Griqua moved to the southern hills of the Drakensberg. This new home became Griqualand East. Other Griqua living around Kimberley met no serious challenge to their land rights until diamonds were discovered there. With the aid of the British, this group resisted absorption into the Orange Free State. Griqualand West was annexed to the British crown in 1871, and the Griqua were recognized as British subjects. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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There was no other place from which to speak, he said, than from the beginning, when God spoke to His servant, Chief Fleur, and showed him the lost mules so that the people could be led out of the wilderness and turned into the proud Griquas they were today. The Griquas, a South African tribe that inhabited the area long before the Zulus, Xhosa, and other indigenous tribes, accuse the Musee of exploiting Baartman's remains and want them returned in order to establish tribal legitimacy in South Africa. It is as much concerned with the ways in which coloureds or Griquas have been represented as it is with self-representation, with absurd self-identification as witnessed, for instance, in the epithet of "pure Griqua". |
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