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A genetic clustering of South African Coloured and five source populations. [6] Each vertical bar represents individual. Coloureds ( Afrikaans: Kleurlinge) refers to members of multiracial ethnic communities in South Africa who may have ancestry from African, European, and Asian people. The intermixing of different races began in the Cape ...
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Colored. Colored (or coloured) is a racial descriptor historically used in the United States during the Jim Crow Era to refer to an African American. In many places, it may be considered a slur, [1] though it has taken on a special meaning in Southern Africa referring to a person of mixed or Cape Coloured heritage.
Cape Coloureds were classified under apartheid as a subset of the larger Coloured race group. At least one genetic study indicates that Cape Coloureds have an ancestry consisting of the following cultural frames: Khoisan-speaking Africans: (32–43%) Bantu-speaking Africans: (20–36%) Ethnic groups in Europe: (21–28%) Asian peoples: (9–11%)
Jan 30, 2008 · Customs: Coloureds are involved in a wide range of society, sharing in the general modern culture of southern Africa. Many work as domestics or in the hotel industry. Some are farmers. The Cape Malay Coloureds are known for their crafts and woodwork, skills brought from Java and Malaysia and maintained in Africa.
The Congress of the People, which adopted the Freedom Charter, was held in Kliptown from 25-27 August 1955. After the Freedom Charter campaign some leading members of the SACPO were arrested and accused of high Treason in 1956. SACPO became known as the Coloured People Congress (CPC) after its December 1959 conference.
In the 21st century, Coloureds in the provinces of the Western Cape are 48.8%, and in the Northern Cape, 40.3%—both areas of centuries of mixing among the populations. In the Eastern Cape, they make up 8.3% of the population. Most speak Afrikaans, as they were generally descendants of Dutch and Afrikaner men and grew up in their society.
The Coloured Representative Council (CRC) was established in 1968, in which all Coloureds over the age of 21 were compelled to vote for their own representatives. The first election of the CRC was held in 1969, and was contested by a number of Coloured political parties on the basis that the CRC was completely subordinate to the South African ...
