Editing History of Namibia (section)

=== Baster immigration ===
[[File:BasterCouncil1872.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The first council of the [[Rehoboth, Namibia|Rehoboth]] [[Basters]] 1872, with the constitution lying on the table.]]

The last group of people today considered [[indigenous peoples|indigenous]] that arrived in Namibia were the [[Basters]]; descendants of Boer men and African women (mostly Khoisan). Being [[Calvinist]] and [[Afrikaans]]-speaking, they considered themselves to be culturally more "white" than "black".{{Citation needed|date=May 2017}} As with the Oorlams, they were forced northwards by the expansion of white settlers when, in 1868, a group of about 90 families crossed the [[Orange River]] into Namibia.<ref name="Baster">{{cite web
| url = http://www.namibian.org/travel/namibia/population/basters.htm
| title = The Rehoboth Basters of Namibia
| publisher = The Cardboard Box Travel Shop
| access-date = 30 September 2006
| archive-date = 19 October 2019
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191019183722/http://www.namibian.org/travel/namibia/population/basters.htm
| url-status = live
}}</ref>
The Basters settled in central Namibia, where they founded the city [[Rehoboth, Namibia|Rehoboth]]. In 1872 they founded the "Free Republic of Rehoboth" and adopted a constitution stating that the nation should be led by a "Kaptein" directly elected by the people, and that there should be a small parliament, or Volkraad, consisting of three directly elected citizens.<ref name="BasterConstitution">{{cite web
| url = http://www.rehobothbasters.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=90&Itemid=40
| title = Constitution of Rehoboth 1872
| publisher = Rehobothbasters.org
| access-date = 30 September 2006
| archive-date = 15 December 2018
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181215131155/http://rehobothbasters.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=90&Itemid=40
| url-status = dead
}}</ref>