South Africa

Vocabulary
 1. Afrikaner
The first large group of Europeans to settle in
South Africa were Dutch. They came to farm.
German settlers joined the Dutch in South Africa.
 Generations later, their descendants viewed
South Africa as their homeland.
Their language changed but still sounded a lot
like Dutch and German.

They
called
themselves
Afrikaners
and called
their
language
Afrikaans.
 1. Afrikaner:
South Africans
whose main
ancestors were
early Dutch
settlers

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 2. Native Africans
American Indians are
native to the Americas.

Europeans were
not native to the
Americas. They
came as settlers,
conquerors, or
both.
 Afrikaners were not
native to South Africa.

Natives
already lived
there – Native
Africans.
 2. Native
Africans: the
original people
of Africa
3. ethnic group

An ethnic group
is not just a race
or nationality.
Two people can both be Chinese and
still have different ethnic groups.

China actually has 56 different

ethnic groups.
 Rep. of South Africa has 4 main Black
ethnic groups, 2 main White ethnic
groups, and 1 main Asian ethnic group.

http://www.south-africa-tours-and-travel.com/culture-in-south-africa.html
 3. ethnic group:
people who feel connected based on
things like ancestry, religion, & language
4. Coloured: in South Africa, people
who are part Native Black mixed with
White or Asian

Hey, why is
“coloured”
spelled
funny?

It’s British spelling,

silly!
 5. apartheid
In Dutch, this word means “apartness.”
(But nope, that’s not the definition.)
5. apartheid: a South African policy of
separating the races (now illegal)
6. African National Congress (ANC)

http://www.voice-online.co.uk/article/african-national-congress-100-years-and-counting
6. African National Congress (ANC):
the main political party in South Africa
now
 7. townships

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 7. townships: isolated towns where
Blacks & Coloured South Africans were
forced to live

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8. ban

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 8. ban: to outlaw or prohibit

South Africa’s white government banned the

African National Congress.