Early Southern Africans The early people in southern Africa were hunters and gatherers Eventually as other groups migrated south they brought with them iron tools

European Influence As the Europeans began trading with the peoples of Africa the power shifted from central trade routes to the coast This led to the decline in many of the great interior empires in Africa

European Influence Portuguese The first Europeans to explore Southern Africa Set up bases stop while on their way to Asia

The Dutch First Europeans to set up permanent settlements 1652 established a trading station at the Cape of Good Hope; The Cape colony Also used by the Dutch as stopping place for ships on their way to Asia

The Afrikaners and Boers Other Europeans also settled in Southern Africa Afrikaners- descendants of the French, Dutch, and German settlers Afrikaans- language of the Afrikaners that mixed European and African languages

In 1800s the British took control of the Cape colony Boers- Afrikaner farmers who resisted the British Some packed up and moved into the interior of Africa

Late Colonial History 1830s slavery is outlawed in the British Empire Trading in ivory was in demand until the elephant population was virtually wiped out 1860s trade shifted to gold and diamonds