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Picture for Today: Afrikaner Commandos

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

In 1886 gold was discovered in Boer lands in South Africa. The number of people immigrating to that area during the gold rush destabilized the region. The immigrants, uitlanders, soon outnumbered the native Boers. Over the years friction began to grow between the Boers and the British Empire; and given the gold [...]

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Churchill’s unintended holiday in Pretoria

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Sorry this update was late. I was trying to keep it under 1500 words. i failed, but hopefully it will be interesting enough.
History can be tricky sometimes. Events are not always as clear-cut as we would hope they would be. Different people witnessing the same event bring their own perceptions and biases to [...]

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Review: Breaker Morant

Saturday, August 9, 2008

This 1980 Australian film depicts the court-martial of Harry “Breaker” Morant, Peter Handcock, and George Witton on charges of murder towards the end of the Boer War. Some historians disagree over the accuracy of the events portrayed in the movie, but there is a distinct lack of sources of the original events to prove [...]

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