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	Cape_Malays - The Wordbook Encyclopedia
		Further, since many Cape Malay people find their Muslim identity to be more salient than their "Malay" ancestry, there have also been many instances in which people in one situation were described as "Cape Malay", and were in another situation described as "Cape Muslim" by people both inside and outside of the community.
		The "Cape Malay" identity was also a subcategory of the so-called "Coloured" category in the terms of the apartheid-era government's classifications of ethnicity.
		The Malay languages and other languages that their ancestors brought are no longer spoken, though various Malay words and phrases are still employed in daily usage.
	www.thewordbook.com /Cape_Malays (777 words)

	Cape Malays - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Further, since many Cape Malay people find their Muslim identity to be more salient than their "Malay" ancestry, there have also been many instances in which people in one situation were described as "Cape Malay", and were in another situation described as "Cape Muslim" by people both inside and outside of the community.
		The "Cape Malay" identity was also a subcategory of the so-called "Coloured" category in the terms of the apartheid-era government's classifications of ethnicity.
		People in the Cape Malay community generally speak English and Afrikaans rather than Malay or other languages that their ancestors brought, though various Malay words and phrases are still employed in daily usage.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Cape_Malays (601 words)

	MSN Encarta - Cape Town
		Cape Town (Afrikaans Kaapstad), city in southwestern South Africa, the legislative capital of the country and the capital of Western Cape province.
		Cape Town’s city population in 2001 was 2,993,000, and its metropolitan area population was 2,893,247.
		Cape Flats, in the east, and Mitchell’s Plain, in the southeast, are traditionally Coloured areas.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761577389 (1008 words)

	The Cape Malays: An Imagined community in South Africa -
		Her study revealed that the 'Cape Malay' identity present several parallels and contrasts to that of Malay identity studied elsewhere.
		She asserted that the resurgence of 'Malay ethnicity' in the post-1990 era is an indication of the fragmentation of political identities in the aftermath of ANC's unbanning and the diffusion of the struggle against the apartheid state.
		The Cape Malay Association of the 1910’s and 1920’s, for example, was very comfortable in using the term for its own objectives; in fact, the CMA sought political favours from the then South African government in the 1920s.
	phuakl.tripod.com /eTHOUGHT/capemalays.htm (3875 words)

	Cape Malays - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		From the early 1970s to the present, some members of this community - particularly those with a political allegiance to broader liberation movements in South Africa - may refer to themselves as "fl" in the terms of the Black Consciousness Movement.
		The Malay languages and other languages that their ancestors brought are no longer spoken, though various Malay words and phrases are still employed in daily usage.
		Many Cape Malay people also lived in District Six before it was demolished; after its demolition, most were forced to move to so-called Coloured townships on the Cape Flats.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cape_Malay (614 words)

	Encyclopedia: Cape Malays
		The Cape Malays are an ethnic group who can claim descent from political dissidents and their families brought to South Africa from Indonesian and Malaysian starting from 1667.
		Malay can mean: The Malay language The Malay people From or related to Malaysia See also Cape Malays Malay nationalism Communes that begin with Malay in Yonne, France: Malay-le-Grand Malay-le-Petit This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share...
		Many Cape Malays also lived in District Six before it was demolished, and were forced to move to Coloured townships.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Cape_Malays (486 words)

	WWW Virtual Library - Sri Lanka: 'Malays in Sri Lanka'
		However, it was the Malay soldiers brought hither by the Dutch to garrison their strongholds, who comprised the bulk of the Malay community in the island.
		Malay troops are said to have taken part in the wars of the Dutch against the Portuguese such as the storming of Galle (1640), the siege of Colombo (1656) and the capture of Jaffna (1658).
		The second Malay world symposium held in Colombo in August 1985, and co-sponsored by the Malay Confederation and Gapena, the Malaysian Writers Federation, is a case in point.
	www.lankalibrary.com /cul/Malay1.htm (1505 words)

	capemalayhistory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		They came to be known collectively as Cape Malay, since despite their diverse origins as far afield as East Africa and Malaysia, and they all spoke the "traders' lingua franca"- Malay.
		Cape Malay architechture, food such as boboti, yellow rice, roti and samoosas, tailor shops, mosques and the warmth and hospitality of the Cape Malay people continue to attract tourists in abundance.
		As a result, Cape Malay cuisine, Which is today as exiting, colourful and varied as the Cape itself, is widely recognized as a unique aspect of South African culture.
	www.knet.co.za /capemalay/capemalayhistory.htm (517 words)

	Travel information on the Western Cape, South Africa
		Although Malays are found throughout the Western Cape, the area on the lower slopes of Signal Hill known as the Bo-Kaap is the place most closely identified with Malay culture.
		The Cederberg Mountains are separated from the coastal region by the Winelands in the valleys.
		Generally, backpackers have flown directly to Cape Town and make their way to Johannesburg via the Coast to Durban and then either via the Drakensberg to Johannesburg or via Zululand, Swaziland and then to Johannesburg.
	www.backpackafrica.com /regions/western_cape_travel_guide.html (1085 words)

	SOUTH AFRICA: Cape Malays Re-invent Identity in Post-Apartheid Era
		CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Mar 14 (IPS) - Slavery is a term normally associated with Africans being taken away to other parts of the world for forced labour, but the history of the Cape Malay community here is a slave trade going in the reverse direction.
		Known as the 'Cape Malays', this community of about three-quarters of a million has its own radio station, and their main base the Bo-Kaap area of Cape Town on the slopes of Signal Hill next to Table Mountain, has become a major tourist attraction in the city.
		Like the fls, the Cape Malays were denied good educational and recreational facilities during the apartheid era, she said, and as a result most of the youth are unemployed and out in the streets.
	www.ipsnews.net /news.asp?idnews=16713 (1155 words)

	RSA-Overseas - The Expat Portal: The People of RSA
		The Cape in the early days was a melting pot of racial strains; and the so-called coloureds have a rich mixture of genes drawn maily from Africa and Europe.
		The first British occupation of the Cape in 1795 established a small English-speaking community, which was boosted in 1820 by the arrival of the settlers brought in to create a buffer zone on the eastern frontier.
		The Cape Malays are held together by thier religion, Islam, and for the most part live in the Western Cape area.
	www.rsa-overseas.com /tutorial/people.htm (1245 words)

	WWW Virtual Library: Sri Lanka Malays in focus
		Malays are a recognised minority ethnic group in Sri Lanka.
		Although the Malays are a minority within a minority they have contributed their mite towards the development of Sri Lanka many serving in the armed services of Sri Lanka and in the Police Service.
		Whereas the Cape Malays of South Africa have lost their language, the Sri Lankan Malays have been able to preserve their language at least in a creole form.
	www.lankalibrary.com /cul/malays2.htm (1098 words)

	Cape Town : Attractions : Cape Muslim to Khayalitsha \| Frommers.com
		Home to a section of the Cape's Muslim community (often referred to as the Cape Malays despite the fact that only 1 percent of their forefathers, skilled slaves imported by the Dutch, were born in Malaysia), this is one of the city's oldest and most interesting areas.
		When bulldozers moved in to flatten the suburb in 1966, an estimated 60,000 Cape Muslims (referred to as coloureds) were living in what was condemned as a ghetto by the apartheid hardliners.
		Many believe that Cape Town's current gangster problems, spawned in the fragmented, angered, and powerless Cape Flats communities, are a direct result of the demise of District Six.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/capetown/0202026733.html (867 words)

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		A traditional residential area of Cape Town's Muslim community, the suburb is situated on the slopes of Signal Hill.
		To say that Cape Town is a city of sharp contrasts would be a big understatement.
		My introduction to Cape Town was through a city tour that took us from the incredible Victoria and Alfred [sic] Waterfront — which was quite recently renovated into blocks of fancy shops, restaurants, craft markets and businesses — to the center of the city.
	www.winthrop.edu /vpa/jeannie_voyage_files/capetown.htm (2512 words)

	History of Cape Town
		Although Bartholomew Dias became the first European to round the Cape of Good Hope in 1488, it was only in 1652, with the arrival of Hollander Jan van Riebeeck that the first European colony was established.
		As an important node on the trade route to the East it was not surprising that Cape Town should have developed a substantial community of immigrants from the East, particularly Malays.
		Cape Town became the legislative capital of the Union and Pretoria the administrative capital.
	home.intekom.com /intekom/international/medium/olympic_bid/history.htm (609 words)

	The Bo-Kaap or Cape Malay Quarter in Cape Town - South Africa
		The Cape Malays and their religious leaders played an important role in the development of the language and culture of the Cape colony.
		The old Malay Quarter with its steep and narrow streets, the plain artisan houses, Mosques and Minaretts reaches from the Buitengracht street up to the Signal Hill.
		It is furnished as a Muslim house of the19th century and documents the history of the Cape Malays.
	www.southafrica-travel.net /westcape/capetown_bokaap.htm (335 words)

	Site Builder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Malay quarter is situated on a hill overlooking the City Centre.
		Cape Town is South Africa's unique city, as it has the largest "Colored" community i.e.
		The Afrikaans of the Cape Malays is known as "Cape Malay Afrikaans" or "Kaaps".
	martintutorials.freewebspace.com /photo4.html (358 words)

	World War 1 and 2 - Cape Malays
		Predominantly found in the Western Cape, the slaves were Muslim resistors to Dutch imperialism and anti-Islamic persecution exiled into slavery.
		With the exception of religion, they are distinct from the Indonesians and Malaysian Malays through their darker skins and more African features, as a result of intermarriage with the native Africans.
		It is estimated that there are about 166,000 Malays in Cape Town with about 10,000 in Johannesburg.
	www.worldwardiary.com /history/Cape_Malay (193 words)

	Cape Malays \| DigiMelon.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Predominantly found in the Western Cape, they were Muslim resistors to Dutch imperialism and anti-Islamic persecution exiled.
		The Malays were the first to bring Islam to South Africa.
		As with most immigrants,English and Afrikaans have supplaced their native Malay language, though several Malay words and phrases are still employed in daily usage.
	www.digimelon.com /Cape_Malay/index.html (192 words)

	Inside Cape Town - Go2Africa Newsletter June 2006
		The pictures and a few artifacts tell the story of the arrival of the first Muslims in the Cape and their contribution to the city as artisans and trades–people.
		The Cape Town Pass is a cost-effective way to see many of the attractions in Cape Town.
		Cape Muslims have lived in the Bo–Kaap since the late 18th century.
	www.go2africa.com /newsletter/2006/06/inside-cape-town.asp (1178 words)

	Online edition of Daily News - Features (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Although the Malays are a minority within a Minority they have contributed their mite towards the development of Sri Lanka many serve in the armed services of Sri Lanka and in the Police Force.
		He was also the first Malay to serve in the legislator.
		It is said that a Malay soldier who draws out his Kris knife from his pouch would not put it back unless there was blood in it.
	origin.dailynews.lk /2002/01/25/fea02.html (1212 words)

	CapeMalays.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Cape Town, arguably the most beautiful of all cities, is home to the Cape Malay, and their particularly distinctive cuisine.
		These names may stumble on the foreign tongue, but they leave a taste that is essentially Cape Malay.
		The Cape Malays were originally highly skilled slaves and political exiles brought to the Cape by the Dutch to build and secure the prosperity of their colony at the
	www.globaltravelwriters.com /CapeMalays.html (315 words)

	Coloureds \| Griquas,Malays \| Western Cape... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Muslim Malay community is close-knit and deeply religious and their lives mainly revolve around their various religious activities.
		However, the Malay community is also renowned for its cultural activities such as the annual choir festivals when only original Cape Dutch songs, handed down from generation to generation, are sung.
		The Malay quarter, on the slopes of Signal Hill, in an old residential area of Cape Town, abounds with the typical, 18th century, flat-roofed Malay houses, many of them recently renovated.
	www.lodgesafaris.com /africa_coloureds_p2.html (525 words)

	Coloureds \| Griquas,Malays \| Western Cape... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Griquas moved away from the Cape of Good Hope at the beginning of the 19th Century and settled in the present Griqualand West.
		The Cape Malay people are descendants of the early Muslim people brought to South Africa from the East.
		In 1652, the Dutch brought a few Malays from Batavia to the Governor’s Residency, at Cape Town and these people are thought to have been the first Muslims to set foot on southern African soil.
	capetown.familyholiday.co.za /africa_coloureds.html (512 words)

	Bo Kaap Cape Town \| Malay Quarter Cape Town : English Language Courses - Cape Town (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Bo-Kaap is is an historic and culturally interesting area of Cape Town.
		The OWLS free English newsletter Owl-Mail had a newsletter on Cape Malay Cooking, which included a grammar lesson, a joke and a recipe.
		Bo-Kaap Museum A nice place to visit while you are in Cape Town, it will give you insight into the history and culture of the area.
	www.owls.co.za /english/bokaap.htm (430 words)

	Bo-Kaap, Cape Town, South Africa
		Bo Kaap is the Cape Malay quarter in Cape Town.
		Also known as the Malay Quarter, the Bo-Kaap is mainly inhabited by descendants of slaves who were brought from India and the East Indies in the early days.
		Bo Kaap or The Cape Malay Quarter is a colourful and culturally interesting place in Cape Town.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Africa/South_Africa/Province_of_the_Western_Cape/Cape_Town-2225504/Things_To_Do-Cape_Town-Bo_Kaap-BR-1.html (1055 words)

	Sunday Independent - Arabian days in the mother city
		Gazing at the festive fronts of the small terraced houses that populate Cape Town's Malay Quarter, it is hard to believe that these streets were once a wash of white and muted pastels.
		The Group Areas Act of 1950 declared the Malay Quarter, otherwise known as the Bo-Kaap, exclusively the residence of Cape Town's coloured Muslim population and the Cape Malays survived attempts by the apartheid government in the late 1960s to push them out of the area.
		For now, Cape Malays still outnumber other residents by at least three to one and enough of the Bo-Kaap's charm has been preserved to draw puffing tourists up its steep streets and ducking through its narrow lanes.
	www.sundayindependent.co.za /index.php?fArticleId=2390130&fSectionId=1041 (1597 words)

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