Hunter African
Jager Afrikaner , actually |Hôa|arab (* 1760 in Roodezand , Cape Colony , † 1823 in Warmbad today Namibia ) living in Roodezand on Wintehoek family who came Jackal men (in the Nama language : lGrigua ) and was from 1795 to 1823 Kaptein of Orlam - Africans .
biography
The Jager Afrikaners clan had its origin in the relationship between Boers and Nama women, so it was one of the many “mixed-race families” that were later summarized under the term Orlam . The jackal men had lived in the vicinity of the Dutch colonizers for a long time and were therefore very familiar with their way of life. In particular, they had learned how to handle firearms and used this knowledge "on behalf" of the East India Company to take action against the San , who were disrupting colonization . The jackals were supplied with weapons and ammunition by the Dutch and supervised by an employee of the company, Field Cornet Peter Pinaar . Jager had also taken part in the penalties against the San and gained recognition from the Dutch. After the British took over the Cape Province in 1795, this earned him the official title and the additional designation of the hunter of the Africans (meaning: the San). As was customary at the time, the original Nama name was discarded, from then on he called himself Jager Afrikaner and then made the name Afrikaner a tribal name.
The herds of cattle, which formed the tribal wealth, were turned into alcohol and weapons by the Dutch traders, so that after the hunt for the San was no longer profitable, the tribe became impoverished and was forced to earn their living by wage labor with Peter Pinaar. On the occasion of a wage dispute, there was a violent dispute between Pinaar and Jager in 1795, as a result of which the brother Jagers, Titus Afrikaner, Pinaar and his family murdered. Jager brought Pinaar's herd of cattle under his control and fled with his tribe from the Cappolizei north to the Orange . This is where the Cape government's sphere of influence ended. From here, Jager Afrikaner led numerous raids against other tribes and spread fear and horror among the Nama tribes resident there, first settlers and explorers on both sides of the Orange. Numerous attempts by the Cappolizei, in which the complaints about the hordes of robbers of the Africans piled up, to get hold of the Jager African failed because of his mobility, for which the Polish-Greek Stefanos who joined Jager - a former soldier of a German mercenary regiment - failed with his tactical skills had certainly contributed.
In 1811 Jager Afrikaner attacked and destroyed the Warmbad mission station in the south of the south-west African Namaland and killed many of the Nama resident here. At the same time, this was Jager Afrikaner's first contact with the Christian faith , which was not without consequences, because Jager was converted. He was baptized Christian Afrikaner by JLH Ebner in 1815 , as were two of his sons. He finally surrendered to the Cape Town police in 1818 as a repentant sinner, accompanied by the Scottish missionary and his friend Robert Moffat . Christian Afrikaner was pardoned and from then on led a Christian life with his tribe until his death in 1823.
The eldest and youngest son of the Jager Afrikaner, which ended with the division of the tribe, arose over the succession to the Kaptein: the more peaceful part remained in Warmbad; the rebellious part joined the rebellious younger son Jonker Afrikaner and had to leave the tribal area. The Africans under Jonker Afrikaner played an important role in the subsequent history of the German colony of Southwest Africa .
annotation
- ↑ Note: This article contains characters from the alphabet of the Khoisan languages spoken in southern Africa . The display contains characters of the click letters ǀ , ǁ , ǂ and ǃ . For more information on the pronunciation of long or nasal vowels or certain clicks , see e.g. B. under Khoekhoegowab .
literature
- Ursula Trüper: The Invisible Woman: Zara Schmelen, African Mission Assistant at the Cape and in Namaland , Volume 4, Lives, legacies, legends , ISSN 1660-9638, Basler Afrika Bibliographien, 2006, ISBN 978-3-90514-191-7 , Pp. 22-88
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ype Schaaf: L'histoire et le rôle de la Bible en Afrique , CETA, HAHO et CLE, Aubonne 2000, ISBN 9-966-886-72-9 , p 89
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Klaas Africans |
Kaptein der Afrikaner ( Kapsteine der Nama ) |
Jonker Africans |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Africans, hunters |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | ǀHôaǀarab; Africans, Christian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Leader of an Orlamgesellschaft |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1760 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Roodezand , Cape Colony |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1823 |
| Place of death | Warmbad (today: Namibia ) |