Namaqua

The Nama are Khoekhoe-speaking peoples of the dry country on both sides of the Orange River and farther north into the Namibian interior. Their communities kept sheep, goats and cattle, moving between pastures and water in a land of uncertain rain. From the late eighteenth century, Oorlam groups came north from the Cape and entered Nama country. They brought horses and firearms into a changing world of alliances and rivalries among the peoples of the southern interior.

The later city of Windhoek lies nearby.