The Khoikhoi-Dutch Wars were a series of armed conflicts fought in the second half of the seventeenth century at the Cape of Good Hope, in the area of present-day Cape Town, South Africa, between Dutch East India Company settlers and the indigenous Khoikhoi. Disputes over land and livestock ownership, following the Company's permanent settlement of the Cape from 1652 onward, escalated into violent attacks and counterattacks. The First Khoikhoi-Dutch War was fought from 1659 to 1660 and the Second from 1673 to 1677, and both ended in defeat for the Khoikhoi. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Conflict TypeColonial or Anti-Colonial War 1 Sources
1. Wikipedia: Khoikhoi-Dutch Wars
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Though Europeans had already been trading with Khoikhoi for more than a century, the VOC's colonisation of the Cape in 1652 caused serious disputes to break out over the ownership of land, and especially livestock.
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The First Khoikhoi-Dutch War lasted from 1659-1660, and the Second Khoikhoi-Dutch War lasted from 1673-1677.
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The Khoikhoi-Dutch Wars (or Khoekhoe-Dutch Wars) refers to a series of armed conflicts that took place in the latter half of the 17th century in what was then known as the Cape of Good Hope, in the area of present-day Cape Town, South Africa, fought primarily between Dutch settlers, who came mostly from the Dutch Republic (today the Netherlands and Belgium) and the local African people, the indigenous Khoikhoi.
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