South Africa, Khoikhoi Attack Colonials, 17th Century
Kafirs and Hottentots (Khoikhoi) attack colonials. The Khoikhoi (Hottentots) are the traditionally nomadic pastoralist non-Bantu indigenous population of southwestern Africa. The Khoikhoi first encountered Portuguese explorers and merchants around 1500. The ongoing encounters were often violent. Local population dropped after the Khoi were exposed to smallpox by Europeans, who carried it as an endemic disease. The Khoi suffered high mortality as they had no acquired immunity to the new infectious disease. The Khoi waged more frequent attacks against Europeans when the Dutch East India Company enclosed traditional grazing land for farms. Over the following century, the Khoi were steadily driven off their land, which effectively ended their traditional life. No artist credited, undated
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