Boers
South African colonists
Boers are descendants of Dutch, German, and Huguenot settlers in South Africa, particularly those who farmed the interior regions.
The word is Dutch for "farmers." The Boers fought two wars against the British Empire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Their descendants are now usually called Afrikaners, though Boer persists in historical contexts and sometimes carries connotations of rural traditionalism or nationalist sentiment.
Northwestern European constitutional monarchy
- Cape DutchEarly South African tongue
- HuguenotsFrench Reformed Christians
- colonialOf occupied territories
- VOCEvaporating chemical compounds
Dutch East India Company · Cape Town · settlers · European descent · Protestant · Calvinist · Germanic
First to explore territory
- colonistsSettlers in new territory
- frontiersmenSettlers of unsettled land
- homesteadersLand-claiming rural settlers
- trekkersLong-journey travelers
covered wagons · Transvaal · Orange Free State · expansion · land claims · migration · interior · territory
Domesticated bovines kept commercially
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
- pastoralismMobile livestock husbandry
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
- veldAfrican open grassland
kraal · grazing · sheep · maize · tobacco · husbandry · landowners · irrigation
South African Germanic language
Colonial southern African struggle
- guerrillaIrregular armed fighter
- commandoSpecial operations soldier
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- British EmpireVast colonial domain
concentration camps · scorched earth · Ladysmith · Lord Kitchener · blockhouses · resistance · sharpshooters · mounted infantry
Netherlands
Northwestern European constitutional monarchy
- Cape DutchEarly South African tongue
- HuguenotsFrench Reformed Christians
- colonialOf occupied territories
VOC · Dutch East India Company · Cape Town · settlers · European descent · Protestant · Calvinist · Germanic
pioneers
First to explore territory
- colonistsSettlers in new territory
- frontiersmenSettlers of unsettled land
- homesteadersLand-claiming rural settlers
trekkers · covered wagons · Transvaal · Orange Free State · expansion · land claims · migration · interior · territory · frontier
cattle
Domesticated bovines kept commercially
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
- pastoralismMobile livestock husbandry
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
veld · kraal · grazing · sheep · maize · tobacco · husbandry · landowners · irrigation · harvest
Afrikaans
South African Germanic language
Anglo-Boer War
Colonial southern African struggle
- guerrillaIrregular armed fighter
- commandoSpecial operations soldier
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
British Empire · concentration camps · scorched earth · Ladysmith · Lord Kitchener · blockhouses · resistance · sharpshooters · mounted infantry · prisoners of war
- colonialismcolony, colonization, colonial rule, colonial powers, colonizer
- South AfricansNelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, Mandela, Steve Biko, Winnie Mandela
- AfrikanersAfrikaner, Afrikaans, Boer, Boer War, laager
- Boer historyTransvaal, Anglo-Boer War, Kruger, Orange Free State, burghers
- Cape ColonyCape Town, Cape of Good Hope, Dutch East India Company, VOC, Table Mountain
- Xhosa historyXhosa, frontier wars, tribal lands
BoersZulus
South African ethnic group
Xhosa · Shaka Zulu · Cetshwayo