Sociology 761‚ Sociology of SA 29699917 Afrikaner people have‚ from the initial days felt threatened internal to their borders and externally. Sometimes the threat was real thus existing and other times it was an illusion. The fear of domination rose from the presence of a majority of what they labelled as undeveloped indigenous races all which were non-white (Wilson and Thompson‚ 365). With this fear rose nationalism. Afrikaner nationalism is a political ideology that was born in the
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The roots of Afrikaner nationalism can arguably be found in the Great Trek‚ when Boers‚ armed with a sense of racial superiority and difference from the British‚ embarked on their grand historical emigration. But how did these feelings morph into an extreme ideology that led to the severe oppression of the indigenous South African peoples? I cannot help but be reminded of the Germans after WWI‚ hyperinflation‚ and what they perceived to be a delayed national unification - ravaged by seemingly endless
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governmental policies our people have been involved in a racial segregation period and this is one of the main reasons South Africans are such proud and nationalistic people. In this essay I will be reviewing the rise of two nationalistic movements; Afrikaner Nationalism and Black Nationalism‚ the reasons for their development as well as the actions they took in response to their differing frustrations focusing mainly on the time period 1912-1940‚ which saw a lot of political movement and change‚ and
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Throughout the course of the 19th and 20th century‚ economic considerations played a significant role in shaping both racial discrimination and concepts of white supremacy in South Africa. When large deposits of gold and diamonds were discovered in the latter half of the 19th century‚ the economic structure of southern Africa was dramatically altered. The mining industry necessitated vast amounts of inexpensive labor in order to be profitable. In the post South African War period‚ the necessity to
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events surrounding the Springboks‚ the South African national rugby team‚ played a key role in the anti-apartheid movement. Apartheid was a system of racial segregation enforced by white Afrikaner minority over the indigenous majority. Apartheid policy was enacted following the 1948 election of the main Afrikaner nationalist party‚ the Herenigde Nasionale Party. Different ethnic group were “classed ” into categories‚ as either white‚ colored‚ or "native. (Landis‚ p 14). This was significant as this
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Nina Botha discusses the experiences of young Afrikaner girls who fall pregnant in their teens. Her particular focus is on a group of girls who are taken to a reform school whereby they are taught who to be good and respectable mothers. One of the things highlighted by Nina Botha is the pressures which young girls face in the pre and post conception period. She points out that one of the major problems which young Afrikaner and non Afrikaner girls face is the issue of poverty Nina Botha (2009)
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Author Audit: Herman Charles Bosman | April 30 2013 | | | Herman Charles Bosman was born on the 3rd of February 1905 at Kuils River to an Afrikaner family. He was raised bilingually. He attended the Johannesburg Collage of Education‚ now known as the University of the Witwatersrand‚ here he submitted a few pieces to the student literary competitions (Anderson‚ 36-45). Herman Charles Bosman‚ one of South Africa’s most popular writers‚ became famous for capturing the rhythms of backveld
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Ni-shaat Solomon Student number: 51135841 The module code: ENG1501 02 Semester The Assignment 02 Unique Assignment Number 777452 Contents: Page: 1. Declaration 2. 2. Question c 3-6. 3. Bibliography 7. DECLARATION Name and student number: Ni-Shaat Solomon 51135841 Assignment topic: The Road to Mecca I declare that this assignment is my own original work. Where secondary material has been used (either from a printed
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The term "apartheid" was one of the most politically charged words in the second half of the 20th century‚ and still remains notorious today. Apartheid translated from Afrikaans means "separateness" or "apartness". However when the National Party came to power in South Africa in 1948‚ it took on a much more sinister meaning and today is associated with racial and ethnic discrimination. The roots of apartheid stem deep into South African history. It started way back during European settlement‚ and
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themselves Afrikaners as they made South Africa their new home. However‚ they weren’t the first settlers to reach South Africa. This honor goes to the Bantu tribes which settled in South Africa roughly 2‚000 years ago. The Bantu either scared away or absorbed with earlier tribes from the region. The British empire took control of South Africa during its expansion years in 1806. As a result to the British gaining control over the region a small group of Afrikaners‚ called the
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