Question

Most Europeans established trading centers in Africa, but on the tip of South Africa some European farmers called the Boers settled and an established self-sustaining permanent colony. What nationality were the Boers?

Answer 1

Answer: Dutch

Explanation: Afrikaners or Boers -also called afrikaanders, afrikaaners, afrikans, Boers, burguers or cape Duth- are an ethnic group of Dutch origin whose settlement area extends mainly through territories of south Africa and Namibia. Historically, the identity of this people has pivoted on three fundamental elements: the Afrikans language, derived from the Dutch, the Calvinist Christian religion, and agricultural production.