Next, a bad second, came Afrikaans, an offshoot of Dutch, which became a distinctive language in nineteenth century South Africa. Third and fourth in my repertoire were Yiddish and Hebrew.

They adopted “Afrikaans” as their language, and “Afrikaners” as their designation. Writing a nationalist history of oppressors and victims was their goal.

In the introduction of The Arabic-Afrikaans Writing Tradition 1815-1915, ... the National Party government had imposed Afrikaans as the language of instruction in black schools.

Pelser said FAK officially launched a new song writing competition, Skryf’it, with Vonk Musiek and Entertainment and Event Factory. Later this month, they will launch an Afrikaans 100 board game ...

Afrikaans spelling is largely phonetic and second language speakers find writing in Afrikaans easier than, for example in English,”said Prinsloo-Marcus. With so many influences, ...

South Africans rage over Ryanair nationality test in Afrikaans, language of former Apartheid rulers By Sarah Carter June 8, 2022 / 9:47 AM EDT / CBS News ...

Afrikaans is very much a black language. The apartheid government’s ploy to construct it as a “white language”, with a “white history”, denied the commonality of the language across race ...

Among questions surrounding its use, much controversy remains around the so-called "purity" of Afrikaans. Increasingly, the colloquial language is mixed with English.