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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.
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.
Griquas. Oorlams. Afrikaners (Afrikaans: [afriˈkɑːnərs]) are a Southern African ethnic group descended from predominantly Dutch settlers first arriving at the Cape of Good Hope in 1652. [ 8 ] Until 1994, they dominated South Africa 's politics as well as the country's commercial agricultural sector.
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...
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.
27 cze 2024 · The term “Boer” refers to 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.
7 lis 2023 · The ‘Afrikaner population,’ a descriptive term often used in genetic studies and broadly considered to be an ‘ethnic group’ (another term that has been employed by geneticists in relation to this group), historically encapsulates white Afrikaans-speakers of Dutch descent with a settler history in South Africa.
