Afrikaners

E1706
European diaspora community ethnic group

Afrikaners are a South African ethnic group descended primarily from Dutch settlers, known for speaking Afrikaans and playing a central role in the country’s colonial and apartheid-era history.

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Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form Occurrences
Afrikaner 30
Boers 13
Boer 11

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf European diaspora community ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
alternativeName Afrikaners ⓘ
surface form: Afrikaans-speaking whites

Afrikaners ⓘ
surface form: Boers
ancestry French Huguenot settlers ⓘ
German settlers ⓘ
other European settlers ⓘ
associatedWithEvent First Boer War ⓘ
Great Trek ⓘ
Second Boer War ⓘ
apartheid era in South Africa ⓘ
establishment of Boer republics ⓘ
colonialPowerOfOrigin Dutch East India Company ⓘ
countryOfOrigin South Africa ⓘ
culturalSymbol Afrikaans ⓘ
surface form: Afrikaans language

Boeremusiek ⓘ
Voortrekker Monument ⓘ
braai tradition ⓘ
diasporaCommunity Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Namibia ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
ethnogenesisLocation Cape Colony ⓘ
ethnogenesisPeriod 17th century ⓘ
foundingFigure Jan van Riebeeck ⓘ
historicalLanguageOrigin Dutch ⓘ
historicalRegion Cape Colony ⓘ
Natal ⓘ
Free State ⓘ
surface form: Orange Free State

Transvaal ⓘ
surface form: South African Republic

Transvaal ⓘ
language Afrikaans ⓘ
languageFamily West Germanic languages ⓘ
legalStatusInSouthAfrica recognized cultural community ⓘ
majorDenomination Dutch Reformed Church ⓘ
surface form: Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa
notableCulturalFigure Breyten Breytenbach ⓘ
Eugène Marais ⓘ
N. P. van Wyk Louw ⓘ
notableHistoricalLeader D. F. Malan ⓘ
Hendrik Verwoerd ⓘ
J. B. M. Hertzog ⓘ
Paul Kruger ⓘ
politicalPartyAssociation National Party (South Africa) ⓘ
politicalRole dominant group in apartheid government ⓘ
populationCenter Free State ⓘ
Gauteng ⓘ
Northern Cape ⓘ
Western Cape ⓘ
primaryAncestry Dutch settlers ⓘ
religion Calvinism ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
selfDesignation Afrikaners self-link ⓘ
settlementStarted 1652 ⓘ
sportsAssociation rugby union in South Africa ⓘ

Referenced by (82)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Afrikaners → alternativeName → Afrikaners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boers
Afrikaners → alternativeName → Afrikaners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afrikaans-speaking whites
Germanic peoples → ancestralTo → Afrikaners ⓘ
Munnik → associatedWith → Afrikaners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afrikaner community
Oom Paul → associatedWith → Afrikaners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boer people
Natal → colonizedBy → Afrikaners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boers
this entity surface form: Afrikaner
Gerard Moerdijk → culturalIdentity → Afrikaners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afrikaner
Dutch settlers → descendantGroup → Afrikaners ⓘ
Dutch settlers → descendantGroup → Afrikaners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boers
Day of the Vow → ethnicContext → Afrikaners ⓘ
Andries Pretorius → ethnicGroup → Afrikaners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boer
Andries Pretorius → ethnicGroup → Afrikaners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afrikaner
Annie Botha → ethnicGroup → Afrikaners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afrikaner
B. J. Vorster → ethnicGroup → Afrikaners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afrikaner
Boer forces → ethnicGroup → Afrikaners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boers
Breyten Breytenbach → ethnicGroup → Afrikaners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afrikaner
Christiaan de Wet → ethnicGroup → Afrikaners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boer
D. F. Malan → ethnicGroup → Afrikaners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afrikaner
this entity surface form: Afrikaner
Eugène Marais → ethnicGroup → Afrikaners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afrikaner
F. W. de Klerk → ethnicGroup → Afrikaners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afrikaner
Gerard Moerdijk → ethnicGroup → Afrikaners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afrikaner
Hendrik Schoeman → ethnicGroup → Afrikaners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boer
Hendrik Verwoerd → ethnicGroup → Afrikaners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afrikaner
Verwoerd → ethnicGroup → Afrikaners ⓘ
subject surface form: Hendrik Verwoerd
this entity surface form: Afrikaner
J. B. M. Hertzog → ethnicGroup → Afrikaners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afrikaner
J. G. Strijdom → ethnicGroup → Afrikaners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afrikaner
this entity surface form: Boer
this entity surface form: Afrikaner
this entity surface form: Afrikaner
Jacobus → ethnicGroup → Afrikaners ⓘ
subject surface form: Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey
this entity surface form: Afrikaner
Johannes → ethnicGroup → Afrikaners ⓘ
subject surface form: Johannes Paulus Kruger
this entity surface form: Boer
Johannes → ethnicGroup → Afrikaners ⓘ
subject surface form: Johannes Paulus Kruger
this entity surface form: Afrikaner
Koos de la Rey → ethnicGroup → Afrikaners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boer
Koos → ethnicGroup → Afrikaners ⓘ
subject surface form: Koos de la Rey
this entity surface form: Boer
Louis Botha → ethnicGroup → Afrikaners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afrikaner
this entity surface form: Afrikaner
Natal Colony → ethnicGroup → Afrikaners ⓘ
Orange Free State → ethnicGroup → Afrikaners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boers
P. W. Botha → ethnicGroup → Afrikaners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afrikaner
Paul Kruger → ethnicGroup → Afrikaners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boer
Paul Kruger → ethnicGroup → Afrikaners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afrikaner
Uncle Paul → ethnicGroup → Afrikaners ⓘ
subject surface form: Paul Kruger
this entity surface form: Boer
Piet Joubert → ethnicGroup → Afrikaners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boer
Piet Joubert → ethnicGroup → Afrikaners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afrikaner