Khai Ma

Khâi-Ma lies in the dry country south of the Orange River, where rocky hills and sandy plains surround scattered springs. One such oasis was Cammas Fonteyn, later called Pella, a short distance from the river. In the early nineteenth century the missionary Christian Albrecht and his followers came south from Great Namaqualand after conflict with the Oorlam leader Jager Afrikaner. They established a mission at Pella, making use of its water in a notably barren landscape.