Nama people

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Nama
Namaqua

A Nama man of Namibia.
Regions with significant populations
Namibia  Botswana  South Africa
Namibia	130,349
Languages
Nama, Namibian Black German (rare)
Religion
Christianity, African Traditional Religion, Islam
Related ethnic groups
Khoekhoe

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Nama (in older sources also called Namaqua) are an African ethnic group of South Africa, Namibia and Botswana. They traditionally speak the Nama language of the Khoe-Kwadi language family, although many Nama also speak Afrikaans. The Nama People (or Nama-Khoe people) are the largest group of the Khoikhoi people, most of whom have disappeared as a group, except for the Namas. Many of the Nama clans live in Central Namibia and the other smaller groups live in Namaqualand, which today straddles the Namibian border with South Africa.^[1]