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−	~~=The term "coon"=~~
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−	~~The term derives from [[raccoon]], it was used in America to refer to performers in [[black-face]] entertainments, hence also any black man.~~
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−	A more recent derivative of the term in the USA has been the term "coonery"[https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=coonery], which refers to matters such as the antics and behavior displayed by certain individuals (usually African Americans) which may embarrass the rest of the Black community or reinforce and perpetuate commonly held racial stereotypes about their own community.
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−	While it has other meanings, such as a racial slur for a black person as in the American usage, the term [[coon]] is most prominent in South Africa with reference to a performer in the Cape Town '''[[Coon Carnival]]''', with its early association with the [[Christy's Minstrels]] and other "[[blackface]]" performers from America who visited the country.
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−	~~See for example definitions provided by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coon and http://www.thefreedictionary.com/coon~~
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−	~~= Carnival =~~
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−	~~See also [[Festival]]~~
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−	~~== The idea of the carnivalesque ==~~
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−	~~== Origins and history ==~~
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−	~~= Carnivals in South Africa =~~
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−	~~= The [[Coon Carnival]] in the Cape ==~~
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−	~~Also known as the ''[[Cape Coon Carnival]]'' or ''The [[Cape Coons]]'' (In [[Afrikaans]]: die ''[[Kaapse Klopse]]'' or simply ''[[Klopse]]'').~~
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−	~~Today the use of [[Coon]] has fallen away in the name of the carnival, though [[Klopse]] has remained.~~
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−	~~=== Origins of the Coons or Klopse ===~~
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−	~~=== Coons and Coon troupes ===~~
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−	~~=== The Coon Festival as event ===~~
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−	~~== Student carnivals ==~~
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−	~~Known as '''Karnaval''' or more commonly '''Jool''' in Afrikaans~~
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−	Also known as the ''[[Cape Coon Carnival]]'' or '''The [[Cape Coons]]''' (In [[Afrikaans]]: die ''[[Kaapse Klopse]]'' or simply ''[[Klopse]]'').	+	Also known as the ''[[Cape Coon Carnival]]'' or ''The [[Cape Coons]]'' (In [[Afrikaans]]: die ''[[Kaapse Klopse]]'' or simply ''[[Klopse]]'').

	Today the use of [[Coon]] has fallen away in the name of the carnival, though [[Klopse]] has remained.		Today the use of [[Coon]] has fallen away in the name of the carnival, though [[Klopse]] has remained.

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-Also known as the '''Cape Coon Carnival''' or '''The Cape Coons''' (In Afrikaans: die '''Kaapse Klopse''' or simply '''Klopse''').
+Also known as the ''[[Cape Coon Carnival]]'' or '''The [[Cape Coons]]''' (In [[Afrikaans]]: die ''[[Kaapse Klopse]]'' or simply ''[[Klopse]]'').
-Today the use of Coon has fallen away, though Klopse has remained.
+Today the use of [[Coon]] has fallen away in the name of the carnival, though [[Klopse]] has remained.
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 Known as '''Karnaval''' or more commonly '''Jool''' in Afrikaans
 = Links =

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 The term derives from [[raccoon]], it was used in America to refer to performers in [[black-face]] entertainments, hence also any black man.
-While it has other meanings, it is most prominent in South Africa when used as (a)  a racial slur for a black person, borrowed from American usage and (b) its specific  use for a performer in the Cape [[Coon Carnival]], with its early association with the [[Christy's Minstrels]] and other "[[blackface]]" performers from America.
+A more recent derivative of the term in the USA has been the term "coonery"[https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=coonery], which refers to matters such as the antics and behavior displayed by certain individuals (usually African Americans) which may embarrass the rest of the Black community or reinforce and perpetuate commonly held racial stereotypes about their own community.
 See for example definitions provided by  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coon and http://www.thefreedictionary.com/coon

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 =The term "coon"=
-While it has other meanings, it is most prominent in South Africa are its suse (a) as a racial slur for a black person, borrowed from American usage and (b) its specific  use for a performer in the Cape [[Coon Carnival]], with its early association with the [[Christy's Minstrels]] and other "[[blackface]]" performers from America.
+The term derives from [[raccoon]], it was used in America to refer to performers in [[black-face]] entertainments, hence also any black man.
 See for example definitions provided by  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coon and http://www.thefreedictionary.com/coon

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 Also known as the '''Cape Coon Carnival''' or '''The Cape Coons''' (In Afrikaans: die '''Kaapse Klopse''' or simply '''Klopse''').
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 === The Coon Festival as event ===
 == Student carnivals ==