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Nationalism in South Africa and reasons for complex nature of nationalism in South Africa

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NATIONALISM IN SOUTH AFRICA.
- The complex nature of nationalism in South Africa was due to the following reasons:
(a) The country was not colonized by one specific European power.
(b) The existence of valuable mineral deposits made the
Europeans more aggressive in their efforts to control the wealth in South Africa.
- There existed different types of nationalism in South Africa namely;
- The British nationalism.
- Afrikaner nationalism.
- African nationalism.
Afrikaner nationalism
- Afrikaners were the Dutch speaking – speaking settlers.
- The Afrikaner nationalism emerged in the 19th century reaching its peak in 1948 when their Nationalist Party under Daniel F. Malan won the lections introducing the Apartheid policy.