Griqua was the name given to a mixed race culture in the Cape Colony of South Africa, around the 17th and 18th Century.
During apartheid, however, the Griqua were called “Coloured” by Europeans. The group originated through the interracial marriages and relations between the KhoiKhoi people and the European Colonists. The actual name was derived from the Chariaguriqua people whose princess became the wife of the first Griqua leader, Adam Kok I.
The Afrikaan language-speaking (which derived from the Dutch) society was also referred to as Bastaards or Basters. However, the name Griqua prevailed when the British took offense to the other.
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