The word Khoikhoi means men of men. The Khoikhoi were
second to the san as the inhabitants of South Africa.
They were herders who settled on the land between the Atlantic coast and Buffalo coast on the Indian Ocean.
They belong to the Bush-manoid race just like the San but were taller.
Like the San, they were yellow-brown skinned and their
language was full of clicks.
When the Boers came, they nicked name them Hottentots;
meaning people who were dull, stupid, lazy, and smelling.
They are believed to have migrated from central and east
Africa.
