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Voortrekker

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Voortrekker [ˈfʊəˌtrɛkə ˈvʊə-]
n (in South Africa)
1. (Historical Terms) one of the original Afrikaner settlers of the Transvaal and the Orange Free State who migrated from the Cape Colony in the 1830s
2. a member of the Afrikaner youth movement founded in 1931
[from Dutch, from voor- fore- + trekken to trek]
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Dingaan's Day (or the Day of the Covenant/Vow) was an annual ceremonial remembrance on 16 December to commemorate a Voortrekker (Boer pioneer) victory over Zulus at the Battle of Blood River in 1838.
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Even women leaders like Florence Phillips, who drove efforts to create the Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG) in 1910, and Nellie Kruger, who convinced the Afrikaans Language and Culture Association to commission a fifteen panel tapestry frieze for Pretoria's Voortrekker Monument in 1952, "fiercely guarded (the) autonomy" of male counterparts who defined JAG's collection practice (p.
Between Union and Liberation: Women Artists in South Africa 1910-1994 by Hill, Shannen / African Arts
 
 
 
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