Hermanus van Wyk
Captain of the Baster community · Lived 1835 to 1905 · aged 70
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Something wrong?Hermanus van Wyk (1835-1905) was the first Kaptein of the Baster community at Rehoboth in South-West Africa, today Namibia.
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Hermanus van Wyk (1835-1905) was the first Kaptein of the Baster community at Rehoboth in South-West Africa, today Namibia. Under his leadership, the mixed-race Basters moved from the Western Cape to escape racial discrimination from the white population, and migrated into the interior of what is now central Namibia; the first 30 families settled about 1870. They acquired land from local natives and were joined by additional Baster families over the following years. The Baster people developed their own constitution, called the Paternal Laws. They relied on the herding of sheep, goats and cattle as the basis of their economy.
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