Question

Who was hottentots.

Answer 1

Hottentot  is a term historically used of the Khoikhoi, the non-Bantu indigenous nomadic pastoralists of South Africa.

The term has also been used to refer to the non-Bantu indigenous population as a whole, now collectively known as the Khoisan.Use of the term is now deprecated and considered offensive, the preferred name for the non-Bantu indigenous people of the Western Capearea being Khoi, Khoikhoi, or Khoisan