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.

Piet Retief → ethnicGroup → Afrikaners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afrikaner
Piet Retief → ethnicGroup → Afrikaners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boer
Schalk Willem Burger → ethnicGroup → Afrikaners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afrikaner
Stephanus → ethnicGroup → Afrikaners ⓘ
subject surface form: Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger
this entity surface form: Afrikaner
Transvaal → ethnicGroup → Afrikaners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boers
Transvaal → ethnicGroup → Afrikaners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boers
this entity surface form: Boers
Natalia Republic → ethnicMajority → Afrikaners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boers
Charlize Theron → ethnicOrigin → Afrikaners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afrikaner
this entity surface form: Afrikaner
Marais → hasCulturalAssociation → Afrikaners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afrikaner community
Natal → hasEthnicGroup → Afrikaners ⓘ
Piet Retief → hasNotableRelative → Afrikaners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boer Voortrekker community
this entity surface form: Boers
Great Trek → mainSubject → Afrikaners ⓘ
Chivhu, Zimbabwe → namedBy → Afrikaners ⓘ
subject surface form: Chivhu
this entity surface form: Afrikaner settlers
Zulu Kingdom → opponent → Afrikaners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boers
Great Trek → participant → Afrikaners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Voortrekkers
Flemings → relatedEthnicGroup → Afrikaners ⓘ
Dutch American → relatedGroup → Afrikaners ⓘ
subject surface form: Dutch Americans
Flemish Americans → relatedTo → Afrikaners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afrikaner Americans
Afrikaners → selfDesignation → Afrikaners self-link ⓘ
Oom Paul → usedBy → Afrikaners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boers
Oom Paul → usedBy → Afrikaners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boers
Afrikaans → usedByEthnicGroup → Afrikaners ⓘ
van Dam → usedByPeopleOfAncestry → Afrikaners ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afrikaner