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=Khoisan People= Khoisan is a word used by anthropologist to decipher aboriginal people from black Africans. Khoisan people are divided into two tribes; the forging San and the KohiKohi. Before the arrival of other black people and European settlers, lived the San tribe. The San tribe was located in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. 2,000 years ago the Kohikohi people appeared. The Kohikhoi took notice to the many physical similarities the two cultures shared. The Kohikohi people established a name for the founders of the land; they called them "the San," which means people different from ourselves.

The San tribe were hunters and gathers. Kohi people taught the San tribe about agriculture and raising life stock. The San people were then able to establish a balanced diet. While the San tribe and the Kohi people shared several, physical similarities, the two cultures differed. The Kohi people had a complex social structure that the San tribe lacked. The two tribes later combined forming the Khoisan people.

In 1652, European settlers came and claimed the Khoisan people's land. During the earlier colonial era, most of the native tribe's land was dispossessed. As a result of the European settlers, the Khoisan population declined. Europeans brought over diseases that the Khoisan people were not immune to. The small pox epidemic wiped out nearly 90% of the Khoisan population. Although very few Khoisan people exist today, their language continues to be used in several parts of South Africa. Their distinct clicking language is used in the language of the Zulu and Xhosa people. Although Kohisan people are almost extinct, they contributed a lot to South Africa's society.