Basters

For the cooking device, see turkey baster. The Basters (also known as Baasters, Rehobothers or Rehoboth Basters) are the descendants of liaisons between the Cape Colony Dutch and indigenous African women. They largely live in Namibia and are similar to Coloured or Griqua people in South Africa. The name Baster is derived from the Dutch word for ‘bastard’ (or ‘crossbreed'). While some people consider this term pejorative, the Basters proudly use the term as an indication of their history in the same way as the Métis or "New People" of Canada. The Basters were mainly persons of mixed descent who at one time would have been absorbed in the white community. It was, however, as much an economic and cultural category as a racial one and included the economically most advanced of the non-white population at the Cape. Among these were persons who acted as supervisors of other servants and were the confidential employees of their masters. Sometimes these were treated almost as members of the white family. The group also included Khoi, free blacks and persons of mixed descent who had succeeded in acquiring property and establishing themselves as farmers in their own right. The name Orlam was sometimes applied to persons who could also be known as Baster but was a more general name for Khoi and Coloured persons generally who spoke Dutch and practised a largely European way of life. In the early eighteenth century it was not uncommon for Basters to own farms in the colony, but with the growth of competition for land and colour prejudice they came under increasing pressure from their white neighbours and were either absorbed into the Coloured servant class or moved to the fringes of settlement where it was still possible to maintain themselves in independence. From about 1750 the Khamiesberg in the extreme north-west of the colony became the main area of settlement of idependent Baster farmers, some of whom had substantial followings of servants and clients. After about 1780, increasing competition from whites in this area led to the migration of a number of Baster families to the middle valley of the Orange. The Basters of the middle Orange were subsequently persuaded by London Missionary Society missionaries to adopt the name Griqua. Heavily Calvinist, Basters sing hymns identical to those heard in seventeenth century Netherlands and the religious fervour of the Basters is clear from their motto: "Groei in Geloof" (Grow in faith). Known as "the last dregs of the Great Trek", most Basters see themselves as culturally white rather than black, still speak Afrikaans, sport Dutch names and take pride in being considered more Dutch than the Dutch.
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Les Basters (c'est-à-dire bâtards mais également appelés Baasters, Rehobothers ou Basters de Rehoboth) sont les descendants des liaisons matrimoniales entre femmes africaines et colons néerlandais de la colonie du Cap.
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Baster (afrikaans für Bastard) sind Mischlings-Familien, die aus Beziehungen zwischen Nama-Frauen und Buren in Südafrika entstanden sind. Die Baster stellten 1994 mit 39.000 Menschen etwa 2,5 Prozent der namibischen Bevölkerung. Ihre Sprache ist meist Afrikaans. Eine große Gruppe lebt in der Stadt Rehoboth (südlich von Windhoek). Die Baster genießen seit der Unabhängigkeit Namibias einen geringeren Sonderstatus. Die Stadtverwaltung von Rehoboth liegt wie früher in den Händen eines „Baster-Rates“, der von den 4 Kapitänsfamilien van Wyk, Diergaard, Koopman und Mouton dominiert wird. Ihre Kultur ist traditionell afrikaans und evangelisch-lutherisch geprägt.
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I basters sono un gruppo etnico, diffuso principalmente in Namibia, che ebbe origine dalle unioni tra i coloni boeri e vari popoli africani. Dal punto di vista culturale, i basters sono affini ad altri due gruppi di origine mista dell'Africa del sud: i coloured e i griqua.Il loro nome deriva dal termine olandese per "bastardo": benché a volte sia considerato peggiorativo, esso viene utilizzato con grande orgoglio dai basters medesimi.
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De Basters zijn een bevolkingsgroep in Namibië. Ze worden ook wel Rehobothbasters genoemd. Het zijn afstammelingen van Europese kolonisten, meest Nederlanders, en lokale Afrikaanse Khoisanbevolkingsgroepen. De basters wonen voornamelijk in Rehoboth, zo'n 90 km ten zuiden van de hoofdstad Windhoek, en worden aangevoerd door een Kaptein. In de jaren 90 wilden de Basters een onafhankelijke staat stichten in Rehoboth.
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