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Afrikaner [afriˈkaːnə ˌæfrɪˈkɑːnə] n
(Social Science / Peoples) a White native of the Republic of South Africa whose mother tongue is Afrikaans See also Boer ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations Afrikaner n → Afrika(a)nder(in) m(f) Afrikaner [ˌæfrɪˈkɑːnəʳ] n → africander m/f inv How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Furthermore, the film manages to find empathy, if not sympathy, for
one of the bad white characters, the Afrikaner interrogator who oversees
Chamusso's torture. But apartheid took an especially pernicious form in 1950 when the
ruling Afrikaners, descendants of the original Dutch settlers, began
passing laws forcing blacks and coloureds (people of mixed race) to live
and work in restricted areas, and barred them from owning land outside
those areas. In The White
Lioness, the shooting of an Ystad realestate agent leads Wallander to a
former KGB officer relocated to Sweden, who once trained black South
Africans recruited by the Afrikaner Resistance Movement to assassinate
Nelson Mandela. |
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