The Griqua and the Khoikhoi: biology, ethnicity and the construction of identity
1997; University of the Western Cape; Volume: 24; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
2309-9585
Autores Tópico(s)Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
ResumoIn 1994, the Griqua National Conference (GNC) began a vocal campaign for the return of the remains of Saartjie Baartman from France to South Africa. This was the beginning of a very public reshaping of Griqua identity which has placed a generic identity of the Khoikhoi (as represented by the remains of Baartman) on top of the historic Griqua identity. Central to this reshaping is the notion that the Griqua not only speak for their Khoi ancestors, but that they are also 'the last vestige of unbroken and uninterrupted Khoi heritage and identity'.1 Much of this debate has been in the form of newspaper comment,2 letters to the editor,3 and especially in formal pronouncements from the GNC itself.4 In addition, a second organisation, the Griquas of Adam Kok V (incorporating South African Griqua Research and Development), have also been newsworthy in their attempts to claim back excavated skeletons of the historic Griqua and also the land from which those skeletons were excavated in the 1960s and 1970s.5
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