Oorlam people
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oorlam-people-313-8218788
title:
Oorlam people
text:
The Oorlam or Orlam people are a subtribe of the Nama people, largely assimilated after their migration from the Cape Colony to Namaqualand and Damaraland. Oorlam clans were originally formed from mixed-race descendants of indigenous Khoikhoi, Europeans and slaves from Mozambique, Madagascar, India and Indonesia. Similar to the other Afrikaans-speaking group at the time, the Trekboers, Oorlam originally populated the frontiers of the infant Cape Colony, later living as semi-nomadic commandos of
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description:
Ethnic group from southern Africa
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oorlam_people
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date modified:
2023-12-21T06:21:00Z
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