From the Cape: South Africa’s Bo-Kaap I Africa Direct Documentary

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From the Cape: South Africa’s Bo-Kaap I Africa Direct Documentary


On the outskirts of Cape Town’s city centre in South Africa is a place with a special history – Bo-Kaap. And Daiyaane Pietersen, heritage researcher and tour guide, wants to find out more about his ancestry in this area. Descended from slaves, who were brought from around the globe to sustain the early colonial Cape settlements of the 1600s…

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  1. Why worry? As the so called coloureds are humans like all others and that what you should count on. The word coloured was given to you by white government. Another issue is that you are Africans from the earliest occupiers of the cape the Koi San who are Africans and not only confined in the Western Cape but in even towards the Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Botswana, Namibia and Angola. The choice is yours you can retain the word coloured apparent it's your accepted identity but it is a fallacy not to regard you as Africans and that can create another identity crisis. Well overall what counts the most is that you are not Caucasian and they only want you for numbers and they don't and never accepted you as human enough to be in their ranks. I would be pleased if l were coloured and would not identify myself with Caucasians who have a horrible history of oppressing natives of this country including my Koi San ancestry

  2. Bland culture in bo kaap, not necessarily south african such as the san and khoi, some of which still reside in Cape Town. While the islamic community in the city can be toxic, with their history not even going as far back as the our Portuguese community in CT. Yet, they claim district six.

  3. My ancestry is of Indian, my mothers grandfather is from India,Portuguese my father's grandfather is from Portugal, and some European descent and I am still trying to figure out where my other family is from

  4. Coloureds in Zimbabwe have the same issues. We're similar to South African coloureds. We are thoroughly mixed and many if us have South African ancestry, which explains our similarity. Our weddings, food, speech etc is similar. The world has tried to make us feel ashamed of being coloured, i don't deny my black ancestry (my great grandmother was from KZN South Africa) I'm part Indian, European and Palestinian Jew.

  5. We're malay not slave from royal family 😢 VOC and Colonial doing to us to stollen our land and change bring slave from Africa,chinese,korea and japan..no document here talk malay slave but royal family exiled to cabo de goede hoop

  6. We should keep Bokaap Muslim.. ❤ and not let our Heritage be lost.. My Father grew up there and my Great Grandfather lived at 49 Leeuwen street Bokaap and my Grandfather lived at 81 Wale street Bokaap❤❤❤

  7. Cape Town here. Respect to my muslim brother for telling our peoples story🙌❤️ I have family routes there too, District 6. This was great, something different too🙂.

  8. 1 thing we as mix race of Cape Town love to do is to always mention our white heritage ma wil niks hoor van ons Khoi heritage nie😂. Especially when we speak to white people about our heritage, vra vir my😂. I'll start of with my Lord Philip Radcliffe and Peck ancestors ( mos wit mense ) then I'll mention my Indian ancestors that had stronger blood that's why I'm more darker😂

  9. How I wish people took time to read and be knowledgeable rather than living on ignorance and stupidity. I am referring to the recent incident at Pinelands High…most people in CT Don’t even know they are descendants of slaves. I experienced a colleague come into tears when he saw his surname “Cupido” being listed as a slave and he had no idea. This was at the Slave museum in CT a few years ago. Keep it up my broer, teach and lead the blind.

  10. What a brilliant and passionate young man. Although with first glance I completely understood his emphisis on "Very very very mixed", cause I was a bit confused with his ethnic status ,(although I dont consider myself an expert on these things)

  11. I am a so called "coloured" person from wentworth in durban, on my mom's side is Zulu,Indian and British heritage i am a decendant of John Dunn the white zulu chief…and my dad's side is South Pacific, Mauritian and German
    My Ancestors are from an island called Kiribati 🇰🇮 and they where blackbirded to Mauritius 🇲🇺 where my Granny was born she then came to South Africa 🇿🇦 where she met my half German Grandfather and the rest they say is history…i am close to my Pacifica Heritage because that's were it started…i encourage all "coloured" people to look into their heritage…it's the best thing you can ever do.

  12. Your dedication to cultural heritage and history is a gift to the world. I didn't know books that old existed. And the patience you have to comb through all that information.

  13. SE Asia were once called Malaya before the vicious colonial Brits divided it into smaller countries.
    The human traffickers kidnapped people who were from royalty, politicians and many of good standing.
    "Coloured" was a title given to those who mistakenly just accepted it. The old ID Book had a clear breakdown for your ethnicity ie.
    00…White, 01 Coloured, 02..Malay, 03…Griqua, 04…Chinese, 05..Indian, 06…Other Asian,
    07…Other Coloured.
    This was the official identification next to the birth date.
    Personally, I dont agree with Coloured. It doesn't tie you to your ethnicity or country of birth. You're in fact a nobody. There is no reason whatsoever why anyone should use that, unless you genuinely dont know where your parents, grandparents or great grand parents come from. The name Coloured should be abolished.
    Many people has mixed ethnicities, but it starts with being SAfrican first. Everyone knows who their parents are, be it that it's of mixed race or culture or a straight lineage.
    It is important to know and to pass it down to your children, in order for them to know what ethnicity runs in their DNA. The elderly were very proud and strict about their lineage and strict about who their children associated with.
    We should not pepetuate the derogatory 'Coloured' name given by the oppressors. Dignity lies in knowing your ethnicity.

  14. People questioning why Tyla refers to herself as "coloured" need to watch this video to understand part of the history of "coloured"people in South Africa. Not all "coloured" people have lineage from the Cape but this is such an important story to illustrate the multifaceted nature of "coloured" identity.

  15. When I say I'm Coloured I don't deny my "whiteness" I don't deny my "blackness".

    When I say I'm Coloured I can be all those things and more and still be proud. Being Coloured encompasses all these races and ethnicities from all over the world but still making it uniquely South African.