The Boers in Angola 1928-1975

Like the Amish, the Boers of Angola remained caught in a time bubble. Far from their culture, this small group of Afrikaners maintained their “Afrikanerskap” under very difficult circumstances. The community of about 400 Afrikaners who remained in Angola after 1928 were left to oblivion, and were later described as a “living fossil” and victims of their own conservatism. During these Angola Boers’ stay in Angola there was little chance of farming and far too many problems: a problematic rel...