View Of Barkly, Or Klipdrift, A Town In Griqualand West. Griqualand West Is An Area Of Central South Africa With An Area Of 40,000 Km? That Now Forms Part Of The Northern Cape Province. It Was Inhabited By The Griqua People - A Semi-nomadic, Afrikaans-speaking Nation Of Mixed-race Origin, Who Established Several States Outside The Expanding Frontier Of The Cape Colony.