COLOURED

Coloured

In the South African, Namibian, Zambian, Botswana and Zimbabwean context, the term Coloured refers to a heterogeneous ethnic group who possess ancestry from Europe and various Khoisan and Bantu tribes of Southern Africa. Besides the extensive combining of these diverse heritages in the Western Cape — in which a distinctive Cape Coloured and affiliated Cape Malay culture developed — in other parts of Southern Africa, their development has usually been the result of the meeting of two distinct groups. Genetic studies suggest the group has the highest levels of mixed ancestry in the world. However, the maternal contribution to the Coloured population, ...

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coloured

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coloured

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