The new great trek: the root causes of the influx of refugees from Syria and Iraq to Europe by Kirmanj, Sherko, Oladimeji, Talibu, Abdul Ghani, Ahmad Bashawir

“Allowed such a state of freedom”: Women and gender relations in the Afrikaner community before enfranchisement in 1930 by Hermann Giliomee

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Die piëtistiese egoprofiel van pioniersvrou Anna Elizabeth Steenkamp (1797-1891) in twee weergawes van haar “Joernaal” uit die Transoranje by Andries W.G. Raath

“…Similar features can also be detected in the ego-texts of both male and female believers deeper into the interior prior to and during the Great Trek. These pioneer texts reflect religious literary styles similar to the dominant pietistic literature in Germany and in the Netherlands. …”
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Deon Opperman’s Donkerland: the rise and fall of Afrikaner nationalism by Marisa Keuris

“… In his epic play on Afrikaner history (from the Great Trek in 1838 to the birth of the new South Africa in 1994) Deon Opperman (award-winning South African playwright) presents the parallel and interlinked histories of two families – represented by a white patriarch and a black matriarch and their various descendants – against the background of important historical developments in South Africa. …”
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Deon Opperman’s Donkerland: the rise and fall of Afrikaner nationalism by Marisa Keuris

“… In his epic play on Afrikaner history (from the Great Trek in 1838 to the birth of the new South Africa in 1994) Deon Opperman (award-winning South African playwright) presents the parallel and interlinked histories of two families – represented by a white patriarch and a black matriarch and their various descendants – against the background of important historical developments in South Africa. …”
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The relations of the Amampondo and the colonial authorities (1830-1886) with special reference to the role of the Wesleyan missionaries by Cragg, D, Cragg, D. G. L.

“…<p>South African historiography has tended to follow the Great Trek and to avoid the area between the Kei River and Natal. …”

“Skep julle kommando’s in reddingslaers om! Een vir almal, almal vir elkeen!”: Die Ossewa-Brandwag se maatskaplike beleid van Sosiale Volksorg, 1943-1952 by Charl Blignaut

“…However, because of the intense emotional feelings and nationalist sentiments created by the 1938 Centenary Celebrations of the Great Trek, women showed great enthusiasm for the OB. …”
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From fund-raising to Freedom Day: The nature of women’s general activities in the Ossewa-Brandwag, 1939-1943 by Charl Blignaut

“…The Ossewa-Brandwag (OB) was a mass-movement that originated as a result of the euphoria created by the 1938 Centenary Celebrations of the Great Trek in South Africa. With far-reaching and very ambitious aims the OB was in essence a multi-layered organisation that had an impact on the lives of hundreds of thousands of Afrikaners. …”
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