Afrikaners

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Afrikaners are a South African ethnic group descended primarily from Dutch settlers, known for speaking Afrikaans and playing a central role in the country’s colonial and apartheid-era history.

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This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

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Generate an image of Afrikaners (Afrikaners are a South African ethnic group descended primarily from Dutch settlers, known for speaking Afrikaans and playing a central role in the country’s colonial and apartheid-era history.)

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Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf European diaspora community ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
alternativeName Afrikaans-speaking whites ⓘ
linked to: Afrikaners

Boers ⓘ
linked to: Afrikaners
ancestry French Huguenot settlers ⓘ
German settlers ⓘ
other European settlers ⓘ
associatedWithEvent First Boer War ⓘ
Great Trek ⓘ
Second Boer War ⓘ
apartheid era in South Africa ⓘ
establishment of Boer republics ⓘ
colonialPowerOfOrigin Dutch East India Company ⓘ
countryOfOrigin South Africa ⓘ
culturalSymbol Afrikaans language ⓘ
linked to: Afrikaans

Boeremusiek ⓘ
Voortrekker Monument ⓘ
braai tradition ⓘ
diasporaCommunity Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Namibia ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
ethnogenesisLocation Cape Colony ⓘ
ethnogenesisPeriod 17th century ⓘ
foundingFigure Jan van Riebeeck ⓘ
historicalLanguageOrigin Dutch ⓘ
historicalRegion Cape Colony ⓘ
Natal ⓘ
Orange Free State ⓘ
linked to: Free State

South African Republic ⓘ
linked to: Transvaal

Transvaal ⓘ
language Afrikaans ⓘ
languageFamily West Germanic languages ⓘ
legalStatusInSouthAfrica recognized cultural community ⓘ
majorDenomination Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa ⓘ
notableCulturalFigure Breyten Breytenbach ⓘ
Eugène Marais ⓘ
N. P. van Wyk Louw ⓘ
notableHistoricalLeader D. F. Malan ⓘ
Hendrik Verwoerd ⓘ
J. B. M. Hertzog ⓘ
Paul Kruger ⓘ
politicalPartyAssociation National Party (South Africa) ⓘ
politicalRole dominant group in apartheid government ⓘ
populationCenter Free State ⓘ
Gauteng ⓘ
Northern Cape ⓘ
Western Cape ⓘ
primaryAncestry Dutch settlers ⓘ
religion Calvinism ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
selfDesignation Afrikaners ⓘ
settlementStarted 1652 ⓘ
sportsAssociation rugby union in South Africa ⓘ

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Referenced by (278)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dutch Americans → relatedGroup → Afrikaners ⓘ
subject linked to: Dutch American
Afrikaners → selfDesignation → Afrikaners ⓘ
Afrikaners → alternativeName → Boers ⓘ
linked to: Afrikaners
Afrikaners → alternativeName → Afrikaans-speaking whites ⓘ
linked to: Afrikaners
Flemish Americans → relatedTo → Afrikaner Americans ⓘ
linked to: Afrikaners
Paul Kruger → ethnicGroup → Boer ⓘ
linked to: Afrikaners
Paul Kruger → ethnicGroup → Afrikaner ⓘ
linked to: Afrikaners
Afrikaans → usedByEthnicGroup → Afrikaners ⓘ
Great Trek → mainSubject → Afrikaners ⓘ
Great Trek → participant → Voortrekkers ⓘ
linked to: Afrikaners
Eugène Marais → ethnicGroup → Afrikaner ⓘ
linked to: Afrikaners
Louis Botha → ethnicGroup → Afrikaner ⓘ
linked to: Afrikaners
Natal Colony → ethnicGroup → Afrikaners ⓘ
Koos de la Rey → ethnicGroup → Boer ⓘ
linked to: Afrikaners
Charlize Theron → ethnicOrigin → Afrikaner ⓘ
linked to: Afrikaners
Dutch settlers → descendantGroup → Afrikaners ⓘ
Dutch settlers → descendantGroup → Boers ⓘ
linked to: Afrikaners
Christiaan de Wet → ethnicGroup → Boer ⓘ
linked to: Afrikaners
Breyten Breytenbach → ethnicGroup → Afrikaner ⓘ
linked to: Afrikaners
J. B. M. Hertzog → ethnicGroup → Afrikaner ⓘ
linked to: Afrikaners
D. F. Malan → ethnicGroup → Afrikaner ⓘ
linked to: Afrikaners
Transvaal → ethnicGroup → Boers ⓘ
linked to: Afrikaners
Transvaal → ethnicGroup → Afrikaners ⓘ
Hendrik Verwoerd → ethnicGroup → Afrikaner ⓘ
linked to: Afrikaners
Oom Paul → usedBy → Boers ⓘ
linked to: Afrikaners
Oom Paul → usedBy → Afrikaners ⓘ
Oom Paul → associatedWith → Boer people ⓘ
linked to: Afrikaners
Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger → ethnicGroup → Afrikaner ⓘ
subject linked to: Stephanus
linked to: Afrikaners
Schalk Willem Burger → ethnicGroup → Afrikaner ⓘ
linked to: Afrikaners
Zulu Kingdom → opponent → Boers ⓘ
linked to: Afrikaners
Natal → colonizedBy → Boers ⓘ
linked to: Afrikaners
Natal → hasEthnicGroup → Afrikaners ⓘ
Germanic peoples → ancestralTo → Afrikaners ⓘ
Orange Free State → ethnicGroup → Boers ⓘ
linked to: Afrikaners
Johannes Paulus Kruger → ethnicGroup → Boer ⓘ
subject linked to: Johannes
linked to: Afrikaners
Johannes Paulus Kruger → ethnicGroup → Afrikaner ⓘ
subject linked to: Johannes
linked to: Afrikaners
van Dam → usedByPeopleOfAncestry → Afrikaner ⓘ
linked to: Afrikaners
Piet Retief → ethnicGroup → Afrikaner ⓘ
linked to: Afrikaners
Piet Retief → ethnicGroup → Boer ⓘ
linked to: Afrikaners
Piet Retief → hasNotableRelative → Boer Voortrekker community ⓘ
linked to: Afrikaners
Orange River Trek → ethnicGroupInvolved → Boers ⓘ
linked to: Afrikaners
Day of the Vow → ethnicContext → Afrikaners ⓘ
Marais → hasCulturalAssociation → Afrikaner community ⓘ
linked to: Afrikaners
Andries Pretorius → ethnicGroup → Boer ⓘ
linked to: Afrikaners
Andries Pretorius → ethnicGroup → Afrikaner ⓘ
linked to: Afrikaners