Mike de Jongh South Africa's forgotten first people lecture 1

Michael de Jongh (PhD, Rhodes University), a National Research Foundation (NRF)-rated researcher (2006-2011), is a Professor Emeritus within the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology at the University of South Africa (Unisa) and a Unisa Research Fellow. He is the author of Roots and Routes: The Karretjie People of the Great Karoo (Unisa Press) which won the Hiddingh-Currie award for academic excellence and contribution to society. His most recent book is A Forgotten First People: The Southern Cape Hessequa.

[Ingram-kq]

My people are the Forgotten first people. Only genetical testing can prove it, Prof De Jongh owes me a follow up discussion after the one we had in Mara Buysdorps clinic. The Ndebele people found us here and we taught them initiation. We briefly touch on the subject when I referred to the Makan stad incident we discussed that day.

[Felipe_XIV-XVI]

It says nothing about who specifically are the Hessequa & what makes them different from the Namaqua or the Gorinhaikonas. I think the most historically relevant group at this point is the Gorinhaikonas, because of their possible feat against the Portuguese & their relationship with the Dutch.