COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
IMPERIALISM IN ASIA
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White Europeans (Boers/Afrikaners)
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Black Europeans
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Coloured Africans
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Black Africans
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Detailed explanation-1: -Statistics South Africa asks people to describe themselves in the census in terms of five racial population groups. The 2019 mid-year population estimates were Black South African at 80.7%, White South African at 7.9%, Coloured South African at 8.8%, and Indian South African at 2.6%.
Detailed explanation-2: -Boer, (Dutch: “husbandman, ” or “farmer”), a South African of Dutch, German, or Huguenot descent, especially one of the early settlers of the Transvaal and the Orange Free State. Today, descendants of the Boers are commonly referred to as Afrikaners.
Detailed explanation-3: -African National Congress. Although its creation predated apartheid, the African National Congress (ANC) became the primary force in opposition to the government after its moderate leadership was superseded by the organisation’s more radical Youth League (ANCYL) in 1949.
Detailed explanation-4: -Beginning in 1948 following the general election, the party as the governing party of South Africa began implementing its policy of racial segregation, known as apartheid (the Afrikaans term for “separateness").