Afrikaners

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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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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

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Dutch American relatedGroup Afrikaners
subject surface form: Dutch Americans
Afrikaners selfDesignation Afrikaners self-link
Afrikaners alternativeName Afrikaners
this entity surface form: Boers
Afrikaners alternativeName Afrikaners
this entity surface form: Afrikaans-speaking whites
Flemish Americans relatedTo Afrikaners
this entity surface form: Afrikaner Americans
Paul Kruger ethnicGroup Afrikaners
this entity surface form: Boer
Paul Kruger ethnicGroup Afrikaners
this entity surface form: Afrikaner
Afrikaans usedByEthnicGroup Afrikaners
Great Trek mainSubject Afrikaners
Great Trek participant Afrikaners
this entity surface form: Voortrekkers
Eugène Marais ethnicGroup Afrikaners
this entity surface form: Afrikaner
Louis Botha ethnicGroup Afrikaners
this entity surface form: Afrikaner
Natal Colony ethnicGroup Afrikaners
Koos de la Rey ethnicGroup Afrikaners
this entity surface form: Boer
Charlize Theron ethnicOrigin Afrikaners
this entity surface form: Afrikaner
Dutch settlers descendantGroup Afrikaners
Dutch settlers descendantGroup Afrikaners
this entity surface form: Boers
Christiaan de Wet ethnicGroup Afrikaners
this entity surface form: Boer
Breyten Breytenbach ethnicGroup Afrikaners
this entity surface form: Afrikaner
J. B. M. Hertzog ethnicGroup Afrikaners
this entity surface form: Afrikaner
D. F. Malan ethnicGroup Afrikaners
this entity surface form: Afrikaner
Transvaal ethnicGroup Afrikaners
this entity surface form: Boers
Transvaal ethnicGroup Afrikaners
Hendrik Verwoerd ethnicGroup Afrikaners
this entity surface form: Afrikaner
Oom Paul usedBy Afrikaners
this entity surface form: Boers
Oom Paul usedBy Afrikaners
Oom Paul associatedWith Afrikaners
this entity surface form: Boer people
Stephanus ethnicGroup Afrikaners
subject surface form: Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger
this entity surface form: Afrikaner
Schalk Willem Burger ethnicGroup Afrikaners
this entity surface form: Afrikaner
Zulu Kingdom opponent Afrikaners
this entity surface form: Boers
Natal colonizedBy Afrikaners
this entity surface form: Boers
Natal hasEthnicGroup Afrikaners
Germanic peoples ancestralTo Afrikaners
Orange Free State ethnicGroup Afrikaners
this entity surface form: Boers
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
van Dam usedByPeopleOfAncestry Afrikaners
this entity surface form: Afrikaner
Piet Retief ethnicGroup Afrikaners
this entity surface form: Afrikaner
Piet Retief ethnicGroup Afrikaners
this entity surface form: Boer
Piet Retief hasNotableRelative Afrikaners
this entity surface form: Boer Voortrekker community
Orange River Trek ethnicGroupInvolved Afrikaners
this entity surface form: Boers
Day of the Vow ethnicContext Afrikaners
Marais hasCulturalAssociation Afrikaners
this entity surface form: Afrikaner community
Andries Pretorius ethnicGroup Afrikaners
this entity surface form: Boer
Andries Pretorius ethnicGroup Afrikaners
this entity surface form: Afrikaner