![]() One of the most noteworthy aspects of this census was the instructions given to enumerators on how to classify individuals into different racial categories. The census in South Africa during 1911 played a significant role in defining racial identities in the country. This diverse assortment of people was subsequently classified as a single group under the Apartheid regime. Slaves of Malay and other ancestry were brought from India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Madagascar, and Mozambique. ![]() These slaves were, however, dispersed and lost their Indian cultural identity over the course of time. ![]() The Indian slaves were almost invariably given Christian names but their places of origin were indicated in the records of sales and other documents so that it is possible to get an idea of the ratio of slaves from different regions. People from India and the islands within the Indian Ocean region were also taken to the Cape and sold into slavery by the Dutch settlers. Ancestry may include European settlers, indigenous Khoi and San and Xhosa people, and slaves imported from the Dutch East Indies (or a combination of all). ![]() The Cape Coloureds are a heterogeneous South African ethnic group, with diverse ancestral links. Cape Coloureds were classified under apartheid as a subset of the larger Coloured race group.Īt least one genetic study indicates that Cape Coloureds have an ancestry consisting of the following cultural frames: Some Cape Coloureds may code switch, speaking a patois of Afrikaans and English called Afrikaaps also known as Cape Slang (Capy) or Kombuis Afrikaans, meaning Kitchen Afrikaans. They are generally bilingual, speaking Afrikaans and English, though some speak only one of these. Although Coloureds form a minority group within South Africa, they are the predominant population group in the Western Cape.Ī Coloured man from Cape Town speaking Afrikaans. An extended Coloured South African family with roots in Cape Town, Kimberley and PretoriaĪfrikaners, Khoisan, Basters, Oorlam, Griqua people, Cape Malays, Bantu peoples of South Africa, Indian South AfricansĬape Coloureds ( Afrikaans: Kaapse Kleurlinge) are a South African ethnic classification consisting primarily of persons of mixed race African, Asian and European descent. ![]()
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