Libaax-Sankataabte Posted April 5, 2010 "In the South African, Namibian, Zambian, Botswana and Zimbabwean context, the term Coloured (also known as Bruinmense, Kleurlinge or Bruin Afrikaners in Afrikaans) refers or referred to an ethnic group of mixed-race people who possess some sub-Saharan African ancestry, but not enough to be considered Black under the law of South Africa. They are mixed race and often possess substantial ancestry from Europe, Indonesia, Madagascar, Malaya, Mozambique, Mauritius, Saint Helena and Southern Africa. Besides the extensive combining of these diverse heritages in the Western Cape – in which a distinctive 'Cape Coloured' and affiliated Cape Malay culture developed – in other parts of Southern Africa, their development has usually been the result of the meeting of two distinct groups. Genetic studies suggest the group has the highest levels of mixed ancestry in the world.[2][3] source: wiki Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
General Duke Posted April 5, 2010 they look quite mixed. Though in the US, they would be called African Americans, in Brazil they would be white and so on. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nin-Yaaban Posted April 6, 2010 ...and in Somalia they would've been called "Reer Xamar, Barawaani, iyo Xamaraawi" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
