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Afrikaans language

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Afrikaans language

An official language (with English) of the Republic of South Africa and Namibia. Spoken mainly by the Afrikaners – descendants of Dutch and other 17th-century colonists – it is a variety of the Dutch language, modified by circumstance and the influence of German, French, and other immigrant as well as local languages. It became a standardized written language about 1875.



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b after police shot unarmed black marchers who opposed the imposition of the Afrikaans Language in black schools.
1991: the end of apartheid: South Africa's race laws were abolished ... by Wines, Michael / New York Times Upfront
The Afrikaner Nationalist's obsession with the "purity" of the Afrikaans language (as signifier of an exclusively white cultural identity), is radically subverted by this reminder of its multicultural and interracial origins.
Reimagining South African national heritage: two ... by Van Robbroeck, Lize / African Arts
The original post-apartheid blue-print for a national curriculum is perhaps best known for its progressive language policy, which upended the apartheid-era Afrikaans language requirements that led to the infamous 1976 Soweto uprising and replaced them with recognition of 11 official languages.
Erasing history: eight years after apartheid, school segregation ... by Polakow-Suransky, Sasha / Colorlines Magazine
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