What are the Afrikaners contributions?

Over the next 300 years, the Afrikaners battled indigenous African peoples, established independent republics in the interior, and fought the British in two wars known as the Anglo-Boer Wars (the second is now known as the South African War).

What was the Afrikaner view of South Africa?

Despite their sharp divisions, the Afrikaners and the English remained united in two core beliefs: that black South Africans were uncivilized yet important and useful to white South Africans as workers, and that white South Africans must find a way to work together to rule over black South Africans.

What do Afrikaners celebrate?

Political holidays include Founder’s Day commemorating the arrival of Jan van Riebeeck (the first governor of the Cape) on April 6, 1652; Republic Day commemorating the establishment of the Union of South Africa on May 31, 1910 (and later the Republic of South Africa on May 31, 1960); Kruger Day, commemorating the …

What is the Afrikaans culture?

The Afrikaans culture is as rich and diverse as the South African landscape. It is anchored in the language that developed at the most southern point in Africa with the arrival of Jan van Riebeeck from the Netherlands in 1652. Fewer than half of the Afrikaans mother-tongue speakers in South Africa are white.

How did the Afrikaans rise to power?

The South African opposition during World War II to the country’s involvement in the war against Nazi Germany led to the National Party’s rise to power in the 1948 elections and the implementation of apartheid politics in the country culminating finally in Afrikaner nationalistic mobilisation in 1961 when the country …

Who were the Afrikaners and what did they do?

By the end of the nineteenth century, a number of Dutch artists such as Frans Oerder had settled in South Africa and overtime became Afrikaners. Oerder took part in the Anglo-Boer War as an official war artist on the side of the Boers.

Where do Afrikaners live?

Afrikaners live primarily in the Republic of South Africa. A few are found in farming enterprises in other southern Africa countries. During the colonial period, several hundred farmed in Kenya. Afrikaners have been established as farmers in several ocuntries of Southern Africa.

Where did the Afrikaners go after the Boer War?

After the second Boer War, more Boers left South Africa. Starting in 1902 to 1908 a large group of around 650 Afrikaners emigrated to the Patagonia region of Argentina (most notably to the towns of Comodoro Rivadavia and Sarmiento ), choosing to settle there due to its similarity to the Karoo region of South Africa.

What are the contributions of Afrikaans to South Africa?

In addition, Afrikaans artists made significant contributions to other fields of art such as stained glass, ceramics, mixed media and mosaics. Literature After the South African War the Tweede Afrikaanse Taalbeweging (Second Afrikaans Language Movement) developed, which would build upon the foundation laid in the nineteenth century.