Nicol Stassen devotes, among others, an entire chapter to the
gripping story of the Dorsland (Thirstland) Trekkers and their
adventures. During these Angola Boers' stay in Angola there was
little chance of farming and far too many problems: a problematic
relationship with the Portuguese authorities, while inadequate
economic and educational opportunities, and the resulting poverty,
sometimes led to shocking decay. In 1928 about 2000 Angola Boers
were repatriated to South-West Africa. The community of 386-471
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. Some did attempt to make a living of mixed
farming, transport riding and hunting – decades after this
lifestyle had died out elsewhere. This small group of Afrikaners
maintained their "Afrikanerskap" under very difficult
circumstances. After civil war broke out in Angola in 1975 the last
Afrikaners fled Angola, and so the bond between the Angola Boers
and Angola came to an end after almost a century. Their interesting
and colourful lives are described, and the possibility that
wanderlust was the reason for their peregrinations is examined.
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