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The supporters of the Boer designation view the term Afrikaner as an artificial political label which usurped their history and culture, turning Boer achievements into Afrikaner achievements. They feel that the Western-Cape based Afrikaners – whose ancestors did not trek eastwards or northwards – took advantage of the republican Boers ...
The Boer Republics were predominately Calvinist Protestant due to their Dutch heritage, and this played a significant role in their culture. The ZAR national constitution did not provide separation between church and state, [ 8 ] disallowing the franchise (citizenship) to anyone not a member of the Dutch Reformed Church .
From Dolly Gray to Sarie Marais: The Boer War in Popular Memory. Cape Town: Fischer Press. Van Wyk Smith, Malvern (1978). Drummer Hodge: The Poetry of the Anglo-Boer War (1884–1902). Oxford University Press. Weinstock, Donald J (1969). The Boer War in the Novel in English. PhD thesis (unpublished). Los Angeles: University of California.
The First Boer War (Afrikaans: Eerste Vryheidsoorlog, lit. ' First Freedom War '), was fought from 16 December 1880 until 23 March 1881 between the United Kingdom and Boers of the Transvaal (as the South African Republic was known while under British administration). [2]
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The situation peaked in 1899 with the Second Anglo-Boer War. Unable to defeat the Boers with traditional war tactics, the British employed the controversial scorched earth tactics, which included the capturing of hundreds of thousands of Boer women and children, and uncounted natives, in concentration camps.
The Transvaal Colony (Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈtransfɑːl]) was the name used to refer to the Transvaal region during the period of direct British rule and military occupation between the end of the Second Boer War in 1902 when the South African Republic was dissolved, and the establishment of the Union of South Africa in 1910.
However, the Boer War concentration camp system was the first time a whole nation had been systematically targeted, and the first in which entire regions had been depopulated. [8] Eventually, a total of 45 tented camps were built for Boer internees and 64 additional camps were built for black Africans.