Some 22,000 years ago, they were the largest group of humans on earth: the Khoisan, a tribe of hunter-gatherers in southern Africa. Today, only about 100,000 Khoisan, who are also known as Bushmen, remain.
What race are the Khoisan?
Khoisan /ˈkɔɪsɑːn/, or according to the contemporary Khoekhoegowab orthography Khoe-Sān (pronounced [kxʰoesaːn]), is a catch-all term for those indigenous peoples of Southern Africa, who don't speak one of the Bantu languages, combining the Khoekhoen (formerly "Khoikhoi") and the Sān or Sākhoen (also, in Afrikaans: ...
Who are the descendants of the Khoisan?
The “them” includes the descendants of Malay slaves, KhoiKhoi or Khoena, Camissa, Nama, Griqua, San, amaXhosa and European settlers.