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Community
Afrikaner Kenyan
Afrikaner
Kenyan EuropeansBilateral lineageEnglish
Language
English
Lineage system
Bilateral
Population
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Type
Community
About the Afrikaner Kenyan

Descendants of Boer settlers who migrated from South Africa in the early 1900s, many settling in the Uasin Gishu plateau around Eldoret.

How they identify
Person (singular)Afrikaner
Language / dialectEnglish

A member introduces themselves: “Ndi Afrikaner”.

Sources
  • 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census, Vol. IV, KNBS, 2019
  • White Man's Country: Lord Delamere and the Making of Kenya, Huxley, Elspeth, 1935
  • White Kenyans — Wikipedia
Parent ethnic group
Kenyan Europeans
Wazungu wa Kenya
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At a glance
NameAfrikaner Kenyan
EndonymAfrikaner
Ethnic groupKenyan Europeans
TypeCommunity
LanguageEnglish
LineageBilateral
Sub-groups0 documented
Clans0 documented
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