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One central theme in Dutch publications about South Africa at the end of the nineteenth century was the dynamic relation between Dutch as it was written and spoken in the Netherlands and the development of Afrikaans.
20 maj 2021 · Scientific analyses are unpacking Afrikaners’ genetic origins. The story of human history is one of migrations over the globe and admixture – the exchange of DNA – between populations. Two of the...
7 lis 2023 · The genetic study provides scientific backing for incidences of racial mixture within the Afrikaner ‘population’—defined in this study as Afrikaans-speaking, white South Africans (see Hollfelder et al., 2020; Greeff & Schlebusch, 2021).
The Dutch had occupied the Cape Town area of South Africa as early as 1652 in order to provide a victualling station for the Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC – the Dutch United East India Company) to restock their ships travelling between the Netherlands and their interests in South East Asia.
5 sty 2024 · How the Cape Colony impacted South African demographics today. Today, around 1.27 million people living in South Africa are Asian South Africans (2.5% of the population), mostly people of Indian descent whose ancestors were brought over as workers by the British and Dutch.
Boer, (Dutch: “husbandman,” or “farmer”), a South African of Dutch, German, or Huguenot descent, especially one of the early settlers of the Transvaal and the Orange Free State. Today, descendants of the Boers are commonly referred to as Afrikaners.
EDITORIAL. Understanding the genetic diversity of South Africa’s peoples. The diverse nature of the peoples living in South Africa (SA) and their history has offered unique opportunities over the years to its researchers, particularly those working in the field of human and medical genetics.
