Nama (in older sources also called Namaqua) are an African ethnic group of South Africa, Namibia and Botswana. They speak the Nama language of the Khoe-Kwadi (Central Khoisan) language family. The Nama are the largest group of the Khoikhoi people, most of whom have largely disappeared as a group, except for the Namas. History For thousands of years, the Khoisan peoples of South Africa and southern Namibia maintained a nomadic pastoral way of life, tending their flocks of goats and sheep, gatheri… (More on Namaqua)