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Jonker Afrikaner
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Jonker Afrikaner

South African leader
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  • Namib desert
    Southern Africa
    / Germans in South West Africa

    …1830s of the Oorlam chief Jonker Afrikaner and his well-armed followers significantly altered the regional balance of power. Responding to an appeal from the Nama, who were being driven from their grazing lands by Herero expansion, Afrikaner settled at Windhoek. By gaining control over the all-important trade routes from Walvis…

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    …1830s of the Oorlam chief Jonker Afrikaner and his well-armed followers significantly altered the regional balance of power. Responding to an appeal from the Nama, who were being driven from their grazing lands by Herero expansion, Afrikaner settled at Windhoek. By gaining control over the all-important trade routes from Walvis…

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  • Namibia
    Namibia
    / Independence before the conquest

    …Windhoek by the Oorlam chief Jonker Afrikaner.

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    …Windhoek by the Oorlam chief Jonker Afrikaner.

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