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In contemporary South Africa, Boer and Afrikaner have often been used interchangeably. [dubious – discuss] Afrikaner directly translated means African, and thus refers to all Afrikaans-speaking people in Africa who have their origins in the Cape Colony founded by Jan Van Riebeeck. Boer is a specific group within the larger Afrikaans-speaking ...
The founders – variously named Trekboers, Boers, and Voortrekkers – settled mainly in the middle, northern, north-eastern and eastern parts of present-day South Africa. Two of the Boer republics achieved international recognition and complete independence: the South African Republic (Dutch: Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, ZAR; or Transvaal ...
South Africa is a culturally and ethnically diverse country with twelve official languages and a population known for its multilingualism. [1] Mixing languages in everyday conversations, social media interactions, and musical compositions is a common practice.
However, after the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902), British rule led to the dissolution of the last two remaining Boer states (the Orange Free State and the South African Republic). Under apartheid, the South African government promoted Afrikaner culture; though both Afrikaans and English were the official languages, the majority of the ...
Words of Afrikaans origin have entered other languages.British English has absorbed Afrikaans words primarily via British soldiers who served in the Boer Wars.Many more words have entered common usage in South African English due to the parallel nature of the English and Afrikaner cultures in South Africa.
The South African Republic (Dutch: Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, abbreviated ZAR; Afrikaans: Suid-Afrikaanse Republiek), also known as the Transvaal Republic, was an independent Boer republic in Southern Africa which existed from 1852 to 1902, when it was annexed into the British Empire as a result of the Second Boer War.
Boerewors (pronounced [ˈbuːrəˌvɔrs]) is a type of sausage which originated in South Africa. It is an important part of South African, Zimbabwean, Zambian, Botswanan, and Namibian cuisine, and is popular across Southern Africa. The name is derived from the Afrikaans words boer (literally, a farmer) and wors ('sausage'). [1]
The Boer War Its Causes and Its Interest to Canadians: with a Glossary of Cape Dutch and Kaffir Terms. Toronto: Samuel Biggar. ISBN 9780665264979. Callinicos, Luli (1980). A People's History of South Africa: Working life, 1886-1940. Johannesburg: Ravan Press. Cammack, Diana Rose (1990). The Rand at War, 1899-1902 The Witwatersrand and the Anglo ...