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Oerlams

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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the name (said to be a corruption of the Dutch Oberlanders) for a Hottentot tribal group living in Great Namaqualand. They came originally from Little Namaqualand in Cape Colony. They are of very mixed Hottentot-Bantu blood.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Oerlams'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​o/oerlams.html. 1910.
 
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