À partir de XVIIIᵉ siècle
Orange River District, Cape frontier, and southern Namibia
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The Afrikaners were an Oorlam group that became one of the most influential incoming communities in southern Namibia. First recorded in 1761, the Afrikaner family operated from the Orange River District and gained a reputation for armed and profitable cattle-raiding. After rebellion against Petrus Pienaar in 1796, the group moved into the Orange River area, later made peace with the Cape government, and continued to shape frontier politics under Jager Afrikaner and Jonker Afrikaner.
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The Afrikaner family was first recorded in 1761 among the incoming Oorlam groups that later affected southern Namibia profoundly. By the early 1790s, members of the family were working for Petrus Pienaar, a successful white farmer in the Orange River District. Pienaar used the men as a commando, and they developed a reputation for aggressive and profitable raiding.
In 1796 the Afrikaners rebelled and killed Pienaar and most of his family. They fled toward the Orange River area, where they combined banditry, killing, and trade in ivory and arms with the recruitment of Khoekhoe and San followers. Southern Namibia became a refuge and operational base for the group, whose activities contributed to the militarisation and political reorganisation of the frontier.
Despite their violent reputation, the Afrikaners eventually made peace with the Cape government in 1819. Jager Afrikaner, who had been baptised four years earlier, and his son Jonker later travelled to Cape Town under the guidance of the missionary Robert Moffat. Their history illustrates how frontier warfare, commerce, migration, Christianity, and political negotiation could combine in the formation of an influential Oorlam community.
À partir de XVIIIᵉ siècle
Orange River District, Cape frontier, and southern Namibia
Traduction non disponible · Original (anglais) · français indisponible
The Afrikaners were an Oorlam group that became one of the most influential incoming communities in southern Namibia. First recorded in 1761, the Afrikaner family operated from the Orange River District and gained a reputation for armed and profitable cattle-raiding. After rebellion against Petrus Pienaar in 1796, the group moved into the Orange River area, later made peace with the Cape government, and continued to shape frontier politics under Jager Afrikaner and Jonker Afrikaner.
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Le récit
The Afrikaner family was first recorded in 1761 among the incoming Oorlam groups that later affected southern Namibia profoundly. By the early 1790s, members of the family were working for Petrus Pienaar, a successful white farmer in the Orange River District. Pienaar used the men as a commando, and they developed a reputation for aggressive and profitable raiding.
In 1796 the Afrikaners rebelled and killed Pienaar and most of his family. They fled toward the Orange River area, where they combined banditry, killing, and trade in ivory and arms with the recruitment of Khoekhoe and San followers. Southern Namibia became a refuge and operational base for the group, whose activities contributed to the militarisation and political reorganisation of the frontier.
Despite their violent reputation, the Afrikaners eventually made peace with the Cape government in 1819. Jager Afrikaner, who had been baptised four years earlier, and his son Jonker later travelled to Cape Town under the guidance of the missionary Robert Moffat. Their history illustrates how frontier warfare, commerce, migration, Christianity, and political negotiation could combine in the formation of an influential Oorlam community.
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