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Daar word gereken dat die verskeidenheid kulture wat destyds in die Kaap gewoon en bymekaargekom het (soos die Khoisan, Franse, Hollanders, Britte en Maleiers), die Kaap een van die mees kosmopolitaanse plekke op aarde gemaak het.
Boschendal, waar die Cochoqua trail – three day stage race hierdie jaar gehou word, is een van die Boland se oudste plase en ons het bietjie daaroor gaan oplees.
Gonnema was die beroemde leier van die Cochoqua mense, en was die inspirasie vir die Amoija drie-dag-resies wat die naweek by Boschendal plaasvind. Die naam van die resies (Cochoqua trail – three day stage race) verwys na die Cocoqua stam wat lank terug in die Drakensteinvallei gewoon het. Amoija Events verduidelik:
Having the race over the heritage weekend in Stellenbosch we could not have chosen a more appropriate name for the event than the Tribe who once ruled the Drakenstein valley. The Cochoqua was one of the riches and strongest of the Khoi tribes in area of the Berg River and Drakenstein Valleys. Their tribal leader, Gonnama was instrumental to their success and the tribe was between 16 000 -18 000 members in the 1670’s. The Cochoqua tribe was defeated during the second Khoikhoi – Dutch war 1670, and most of their livestock was looted. On the death of their leaders, the tribe dispersed, with some trekking towards the Orange River, while others were in the service of colonists.
Daar is fassinerende gesprekke opgeneem in die joernaal van 'n sekere Johan Bax, wat die onderhandelings tussen die Hollandse owerhede en die Cochoqua mense neergeskryf het. Lees meer daaroor in The Record: Or, a Series of Official Papers Relative to the Condition and Treatment of the Native Tribes of South Africa.
As jy geinteresseerd is in hierdie geskiedenis, gaan kyk ook na die webtuiste sahistory.org.za vir hul artikels oor die Dutch-Khoikhoi wars.
Hoop ons sien julle die naweek by Boschendal!
Click hier vir meer oor die event.
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It is estimated that at a certain stage the variety of cultures living in the Cape (such as the Khoikhoi, the French, Dutch, British and Malay peoples) made the Cape one of the most cosmopolitan places on earth.
Boschendal, where the Cochoqua trail – three day stage race is hosted this year, is one of the Boland’s olders farms, and we did some reading.
Gonnema was the honoured leader of the Cochoqua people, and was the inspiration for the Amoija three-day stage race that is held at Boschendal this weekend. The name of the race (cocoqua trail), refers to the Cocoqua tribe who lived in the Drakenstein valley. Amoija Events explain:
Having the race over the heritage weekend in Stellenbosch we could not have chosen a more appropriate name for the event than the Tribe who once ruled the Drakenstein valley. The Cochoqua was one of the riches and strongest of the Khoi tribes in area of the Berg River and Drakenstein Valleys. Their tribal leader, Gonnama was instrumental to their success and the tribe was between 16 000 -18 000 members in the 1670’s. The Cochoqua tribe was defeated during the second Khoikhoi – Dutch war 1670, and most of their livestock was looted. On the death of their leaders, the tribe dispersed, with some trekking towards the Orange River, while others were in the service of colonists.
There are fascinating records of the many negotiations between the Dutch authorities and the Cochoqua peoples in the journal of a certain Johan Bax. Read more about it in The Record: Or, a Series of Official Papers Relative to the Condition and Treatment of the Native Tribes of South Africa.
If you are interested in this history, also have a look at the website sahistory.org.za for some articles on the Dutch-Khoikhoi wars.
Hope to see you at Boschendal this weekend!
Click here for more about the event.
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