Afrikaner

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Afrikaner (Boer, farmer) Descendant of the predominantly Dutch settlers in South Africa. Afrikaners first settled around the Cape region in the 17th century. To avoid British control, the Afrikaners spread n and e from the Cape in the Great Trek and founded the independent South African Republic (Transvaal) and Orange Free State. Defeat in the South African Wars (1899–1902) led to the republics merging in the Union of South Africa (1910). See also Cape Province

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