Khoikhoi:
"Khoekhoen" ( Khoikhoi in the previous orthography; formerly also Hottentots) are the native, pastoralists who have historically lived as nomads in southern Africa. They are frequently classed with the San (foragers) hunter-gatherer peoples. Khoe-speaking peoples of Southern Africa, especially pastoralist groups like the Ora, Gona, Nama, Xiri, and Nkhoe nations, have the title "Khoekhoe" even though it is essentially a kare or praise address rather than an ethnic endonym.
It is unclear when the Khoekhoen first started residing in the regions where the first contact with Europeans took place, despite the fact that their existence in Southern Africa predates the Bantu expansion, according to a scientific theory based primarily on linguistic data (possibly in the Late Stone Age). The Khoekhoen kept substantial herds of Nguni cattle in the Cape at that time, in the 17th century. In the 19th and 20th centuries, they largely abandoned nomadic pastoralism.
Their Khoekhoe language is connected to some of the Khoe language family's foraging San dialects, including the Khwe and Tshwa of the Kalahari. The main Khoekhoe groups today include the Nama people of Namibia, Botswana, and South Africa (which have a large number of clans), the Nkhoehaos of Namibia, the!Orana clans of South Africa (such as!Hakhoena or!AmaNgqosini), the Xirikua or Griekwa nation of South Africa, and the AmaGqunukhwebe or!Gon.
In the nineteenth century, the Xirikua clans (Griqua) established themselves in Griqualand and created their own ethnic identity. They have kinship with the Rehoboth Basters, who might also be categorized as a "Khoekhoe" group, and share similar clan formations.
In South Africa have the remains of khoikhoi camps been found.