Khoikhoi

or Khoe·khoe

[ koi-koi ]

noun

, plural Khoi·khois, (especially collectively) Khoi·khoi

1. a member of a pastoral people, physically and linguistically akin to the San, who inhabited Cape Province, South Africa, in the 17th century and now live mainly in Namibia.
2. the Khoisan language of the Khoikhoi.

Khoikhoi

/ xɔɪˈxɔɪ; kɔɪˈkɔɪ /

noun

1. a member of a race of people of Southern Africa, of short stature and a dark yellowish-brown complexion, who formerly occupied the region near the Cape of Good Hope and are now almost extinct
2. any of the languages of this people, belonging to the Khoisan family

Example Sentences

The change is due to the film’s usage of “Hottentot,” a derogatory term for the Khoikhoi — the traditionally nomadic pastoralist indigenous population of South Africa — originally used by Dutch settlers.

From Salon

The Oxford English Dictionary says the term, which referred to the Khoikhoi and San people, is "generally considered both archaic and offensive".

From BBC

Saini reminds us that in early-nineteenth-century Europe, the dehumanization of people of colour allowed for the caging and public exhibition of a South African Khoikhoi woman.

From Nature

According to historians, Baartman was part of the Khoikhoi tribe in South Africa.

From MSNBC

Jean Burgess, a chief from the Khoikhoi group that Baartman was from, argued that Beyonce lacked "the basic human dignity to be worthy of writing Sarah's story, let alone playing the part".

From BBC