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Afrikaner



Main article: White nationalism

Another context for the current (in democratic South Africa post 1994) efforts to establish a clear and distinct ethnic group called "Afrikaner", is that of a small conservative group seeking self determination in the form of an independent country or territory which they call a Volkstaat. In order to be counted as a valid instances of ethnic nationalism, these groups must establish the existence of an easily identifiable and homogeneous ethnic group, because such a territory derives its legitimacy from the fact that it is a homeland for such an ethnic group.

Instances of ethnic nationalism which include a "white" race qualification or component is referred to as white nationalism. Such white nationalist groups often rely on controversial fields of study such as race science, population genetics and eugenics.

It is to this political background of an attempt at self determination that many descriptions or definitions of "Afrikaner" must be viewed. One example is the official newspaper of the right wing political party, the Herstigte Nasionale Party (HNP), with the Afrikaans Die Afrikaner (English: "The Afrikaner"). It declares its goal as the "unashamed promotion of afrikaner nationalism". The modern context of Afrikaner nationalism for the term "Afrikaner" is therefore unquestionable. [15]

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  1. ^ Hermann Giliomee, The Afrikaners: Biography of a People, University of Virginia Press, 2003
  2. ^ "Don’t cry for me Orania", South Africa: The Times, 2008-02-05. Retrieved on 2008-02-05. 
  3. ^ Flags of the World
  4. ^ Countrystudies Toward Democracy
  5. ^ Simon Wood meets the people who lost most when Mandela won in South Africa
  6. ^ South Africa - Poor Whites
  7. ^ Over 1000 Boer Farmers In South Africa Have Been Murdered Since 1991. Genocide Watch. Retrieved on 2005-12-31.
  8. ^ Criminal Justice Monitor (2003-07-31). "Report of the Committee of Inquiry into Farm Attacks". Retrieved on 2006-10-11.
  9. ^ UNPO list of member states
  10. ^ a b International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (2001) Population project
  11. ^ Bullen, P: The Rise and Decline of Afrikaner Ethnicism in the Twentieth Century [1], 1990
  12. ^ Whites are facing genocide, says Jani Allan. IOL (2006-06-04).
  13. ^ Litnet, Onderhoud deur Gerrit Brand met Hermann Giliomee". [2]
  14. ^ Mbeki, T. and Buthelezi, M. (1999), Report of the Government of the Republic of South Africa on the Question of the Afrikaners, Speech delivered at the National Assembly, South Africa, retrieved 25 June 2006
  15. ^ Basson J: Die Afrikaner - mondstuk van die nasionalistiese Afrikaner, Strydpers Bpk, [3]
  • Du Toit, Brian M. 1998. The Boers in East Africa: Ethnicity and Identity. Westport, CT: Greenwood.
  • Gilliomee, Hermann. 1989. The Beginnings of Afrikaner Ethnic Consciousness, 1850 – 1915, in Leroy Vail (ed.) The Creation of Tribalism in Southern Africa. London/ Berkeley: Currey University of California Press, 1989. [11]
  • Mackenzie, S.P. 1997. Revolutionary Armies in the Modern Era: A Revisionist Approach. Routledge.
  • Van der Watt, Liese. 1997. 'Savagery and civilisation': race as a signifier of difference in Afrikaner nationalist art, De Arte 55. [12]

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