Nama people
A Nama man of Namibia | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 230,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Namibia Botswana South Africa | |
| Namibia | 112,156 (2023 census) |
| Languages | |
| Nama, Namibian Black German (rare) | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity, African Traditional Religion, Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Khoekhoe | |
Nama (in older sources also called Namaqua) are an African ethnic group who reside in 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 Khoekhoe people, much of which has disappeared as a group. Many of the Nama clans live in central Namibia and other smaller groups live in Namaqualand, which straddles the Namibian border with South Africa.