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Majuba Hill
Majuba Hill , E KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, in the Drakensberg Range. On Feb. 27, 1881, a British force of 500 was routed there by Boer (Afrikaner) troops under the command of P. J. Joubert. ... Read more
Moshoeshoe
Moshoeshoe or Moshweshwe , c.1786-1870, Sotho king. A remarkable leader, he was a superior military tactician and was able to unite several small groups into the Sotho nation. By the mid-1820s he ruled approximately 25,000 citizens. He permitted Christian missions and sought British aid against ... Read more
Boer
Boer [Du.,=farmer], inhabitant of South Africa of Dutch or French Huguenot descent. Boers are also known as Afrikaners. They first settled (1652) near the Cape of Good Hope in what was formerly Cape Province . After Great Britain annexed (1806) this territory, many of the Boers departed (1835-40) ... Read more
Daniel François Malan
Daniel François Malan , 1874-1959, South African political leader. A minister of the Dutch Reformed Church, he left the pulpit after the outbreak of World War I to become editor of an Afrikaner nationalist paper. Rising to prominence in the National party in Cape Province , he was elected to... Read more
Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius
Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius , 1799-1853, Boer (Afrikaner) leader. He was elected (1838) commandant general of the Boers of Natal and in that year defeated a large force of Zulus at Blood River. This victory made possible the organization of a Boer Republic of Natal (see KwaZulu-Natal ). In ... Read more
Krugersdorp
Krugersdorp , city (1991 pop. 196,213), Gauteng, NE South Africa. The chief industrial city of the W Witwatersrand , Krugersdorp is the center for a region where gold, manganese, asbestos, lime, and uranium are mined. The city has uranium extraction plants. It also serves as the trade center for th... Read more
Mafikeng
Mafikeng or Mafeking , town, North West prov., N central South Africa, near the border of Botswana. It is the twin town of the much larger Mmabatho, capital of North West prov., and is the market for the surrounding cattle-raising and dairy-farming area and is an important railroad depot. Mafike... Read more
Pietersburg
Pietersburg or Polokwane , city (1991 pop. 54,700), Limpopo, NE South Africa. It is primarily the commercial center for the surrounding agricultural area. Iron and other minerals are mined nearby. Pietersburg was founded in 1884 and named for Petrus (Piet) Joubert, a Boer (Afrikaner) general. ... Read more
Great Trek
Great Trek , the journey by Afrikaner farmers ( Boers ) who left the Cape Colony to escape British domination and eventually founded Natal, Transvaal, and the Orange Free State. Trek is an Afrikaans term, originally meaning a journey by ox wagon. In this most famous trek, 12,000 Boers left the Cape ... Read more
Kimberley
Kimberley , city (1991 pop. 167,060), Northern Cape, South Africa. Since the 19th cent. the city has been primarily a diamond-mining center, but underground mining, which had not been profitable for some time, was halted in mid-2005. The mine's tailings dumps continue to be processed, and textiles, ... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Afrikaner"

Afrikaners
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...gold seekers and Afrikaner farmers. Although...of creating an Afrikaner nation by providing a reason for Afrikaners of the Cape Colony...absolute, and Afrikaners began to predominate...powerful of all Afrikaner bodies at this...
Afrikaner
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Afrikaner ( Boer , farmer ) Descendant of the...predominantly Dutch settlers in South Africa . Afrikaners first settled around the Cape region...century. To avoid British control, the Afrikaners spread n and e from the Cape in the...
James Barry Munnik Hertzog
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...public career that was to make Afrikaner nationalism the most important...African politics. Advocate of Afrikaner Nationalism At the time, an Afrikaner leader was judged mainly...the relations between the Afrikaners and the English minority...
Fredrik Willem de Klerk
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...the next 150 years, the Afrikaners struggled against both. By the 1960s, the Afrikaners seemed to have triumphed...the election of a purely Afrikaner National Party government...threat by the mid-1960s. Afrikaners, convinced that their...
Andre Philippus Brink
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...of conscience within South Africa's Afrikaner community, novelist Andre Brink (born...Africa. He grew up in a conservative Afrikaner family in a country where apartheid was...a far more liberal tradition than the Afrikaner college at which he had studied earlier...
South Africa, Republic of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...was strongly resisted by the Afrikaners. Diamonds were discovered...to war between British and Afrikaners from 1899 to 1902. After...1910 under a predominantly Afrikaner government. The British government...First World War, but with Afrikaners in the majority among the...
Balthazar Johannes Vorster
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...leader who emerged as a major figure in Afrikaner nationalism. Noted as a right-wing...University can be called the "cradle of Afrikaner nationalism." Its influence on the...the Allied Powers bitterly alienated Afrikaner nationalists, who resented South Africa...
English
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...Afrikaners. (See the article on "Afrikaners" in this volume. Afrikaners are descendants of settlers...Boer war and defeated the Afrikaners. South Africa was incorporated...x2013; 1904), an early Afrikaner political leader. 7 •...
de Klerk, F. W.
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...began calling themselves Afrikaners. The first enemy was the...the next 150 years, the Afrikaners struggled against both. By the 1960s the Afrikaners seemed to have triumphed with the election of a purely Afrikaner National Party government...
Botswana
Encyclopedia entry from: World Education Encyclopedia ...hereditary chiefs. White Afrikaners, descendants of seventeenth...protected the Tswana from Afrikaner domination. Towards the end...In 1881 Britain subdued the Afrikaners and granted them independence...crown, but opportunistic Afrikaners continued to migrate into...

Dictionary entries related to "Afrikaner"

Afrikaner
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History Afrikaner A term originally...Afrikaans . Afrikaners descended largely...the British. Afrikaner political identity...Although Afrikaners could muster...than non-Afrikaners. This unity...Conservative Party . Afrikaner culture and...
Apartheid
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...of working-class Afrikaners. During that period...Members of the emerging Afrikaner bourgeoisie opened...has suggested that Afrikaner nationalism was a civil...include major events in Afrikaner history, the Afrikaans...Moodie's perspective, Afrikaners viewed their history...
South African War
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...the independent Afrikaner republics of the...increasingly evident, the Afrikaners decided in favour...and rousing the Afrikaners of the Cape into...1922), when Afrikaner commandos undertook...peace while the Afrikaner forces still possessed...bitterness of many Afrikaners against the ...
National Party, South Africa
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...contrast, the National Party (NP) was an Afrikaner party committed to promoting Afrikaner issues, such as the Afrikaans language and...races’. The NP was a main focus of Afrikaner opposition to South Africa's participation...
Botha, Louis
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...peace which protected Afrikaner interests. The practical...English descent and Afrikaners. He became Prime Minister...alienated many conservative Afrikaners, but mollified the...decision triggered an Afrikaner rebellion in 1914...resentment of him among many Afrikaners. Bitter rifts ...
Afrikanerbond
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...Brotherhood) designed to promote Afrikaner interests. Originally established...Kultuurverenigings (Federation of Afrikaner Cultural Organizations...significant part in uniting Afrikaner opinion behind him, which...a political minority, the Afrikaners and their cultural values...
Smuts, Jan Christiaan
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...an honourable peace while Afrikaner forces were still relatively...Britain continued to anger the Afrikaners, while his suppression of...Parliament. Despite continuing Afrikaner opposition he committed troops...appreciating the potential of Afrikaner nationalism on the one hand...
South Africa, Republic of
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...in 1806 and became Cape Colony. Many Afrikaners (Boers) were irked by British rule...which led to war between British and Afrikaners from 1899 to 1902. After the war the...during the First World War, but with Afrikaners in the majority among the white population...
South Africa
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...to annex the two independent Afrikaner republics to create a British...English-speaking minority and the Afrikaner majority of Whites could best...led to an abortive rebellion by Afrikaners. Afrikaner opposition to the war increased...
Blood River, Battle of
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...battle fought between Voortrekkers (Afrikaners) and ZULUS , led by DINGAAN , near...to avenge the slaughter of about 500 Afrikaners earlier in the year. The Zulu defeat enabled the Afrikaners to establish the Republic of Natal.

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Afrikaners Seek Their Own Prize; War Threatened Unless Separate State Created for S. Africa's Whites
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 10/17/1993; ; 700+ words ; ...separate state for Afrikaners - 3 million whites...front says. "The Afrikaner is armed, trained...necessary, to defend an Afrikaner state. He said that...go well, he expects Afrikaners to unilaterally declare...led by hard-line Afrikaner generals, but made...
Afrikaners Embittered Decade Of Changes
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/2/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...themselves." Afrikaner nationalism...that had united Afrikaners since they fought...conservative parties, Afrikaner leaders say...guarantees, some Afrikaners feel their cultural...those honoring Afrikaner history. Afrikaners are also feeling...
Afrikaners Not Ready to Accept South African Elections
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 4/20/1994; 700+ words ; ...Cooper visited the Afrikaner town of Standerton...this report. [Afrikaners dedicating a radio...a hundred or so Afrikaners bow their heads...wing, is seen by Afrikaner nationalists as...chairman of the Afrikaner Volks Front [sp...nation, where Afrikaners could barricade...
Afrikaners - a return journey; Republished photographs from the 1960s remain relevant and timely, writes Kevin Ritchie.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (South Africa); 3/2/2007; 700+ words ; ...Times and even verligte Afrikaners took issue with Goldblatt...challenged the myth of the Afrikaner identity, as one of...for Goldblatt's Afrikaners were not just ubermenschen...and basic, forcing Afrikaners to remember the reality...agrees. Three kinds of Afrikaner look out at us from...
Afrikaners finding themselves adrift in new South Africa.
Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL); 4/30/2004; 700+ words ; ...other conservative Afrikaners, in no small part...less extremist Afrikaner organizations have...s 2.5 million Afrikaners, who are seeking...means to be an Afrikaner," Goosen said...who spoke there. Afrikaner thinkers such as...like will keep Afrikaners from undergoing...
Afrikaners' New Apartheid Dream; Fearful of Black Rule, Some South African Whites Seek Own Separate Homeland
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/23/1993; ; 700+ words ; ...sharp resurgence of Afrikaners' centuries-old...wing groups, the Afrikaner Volksfront, was...nation's leading Afrikaner school. On the...majority of the Afrikaners, 3 million out...the country where Afrikaners come close to constituting...want to create an Afrikaner state here in ...
AFRIKANERS ADJUST TO LIFE IN THE POLITICAL MINORITY
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 4/25/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...is that many Afrikaners have apparently...10 years, the Afrikaner community has had...divisions among Afrikaners have in the last...public. "The Afrikaner always has had...the history of Afrikaner politics has traditionally...perspective is that many Afrikaners were so fed up...
Afrikaner reawakening due to cultural oppression.(News)
Newspaper article from: Pretoria News (South Africa); 5/23/2007; 700+ words ; ...private money and Afrikaner energy, but stolen from Afrikaners by the government...genocide of Afrikaners. Since 1993 more than 2000 Afrikaner farmers and...constitution and Afrikaner sentiments...their rights. Afrikaners do not rally...
The Afrikaners.
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 9/9/1989; 700+ words ; ...the country hang on Afrikaner voters and the Afrikaner politicians they...Leach believes the Afrikaners are ready to share...s views on the Afrikaner soul, which are...one of a handful of Afrikaners who, on breaking...
Afrikaner nationalism, Anglo-American and Iscor: the formation of the Highveld Steel & Vanadium Corporation, 1960-70.
Magazine article from: Business History; 7/1/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...Members of the Afrikaner cultural and business...economic position of Afrikaners. The spearhead of the movement was the Afrikaner Broederbond. In...position of the Afrikaner people. This called for Afrikaners to capture their...