Apartheid became official policy following the 1948 electoral victory by the National Party. That party's ideological roots were in the historical experience of the Dutch-origin "Afrikaners." Especially important was their sense of divine election. They too understood themselves as God's Chosen People.

Essay explores the relationship between apartheid and Afrikaner nationalism.

Essay on the impressions Canadian film maker and cultural bureaucrat John Grierson had on his visit to South Africa.

Radical right-wing nationalist party which believes that South Africa belongs to the white, Christian people of Dutch origin.

The BBC's Milton Nkosi, a black South African, recounts his experience visiting Orania, a whites-only community in his native country.

Online version of a 1948 South African Communist Party pamphlet arguing against the policies of the apartheid policies of the Afrikaner nationalist Malan government.

Afrikaner nationalist site includes views on the Boer War, Boer (Afrikaner) history, culture, food, politics and news. In English and Afrikaans.

Article explores the concept and feasibility of creating a Vokstaat or Afrikaner homeland carved out of South Africa.

Article on a well known Afrkaans language film maker whose films explore Afrikaner nationalism and history.

Historical essay on the Afrikaner reaction to British imperialism in the 19th century. Covers the Taal (Afrikaans) movement and the Afrikaner Bond.

Section of a Master's thesis by Paul Bullen.

Online version of the 1964 book by Brian Bunting which traces the rise of Afrikander nationalism, the National Party and the apartheid state.

The descendants of the founders of South Africa's apartheid state debate their role in a black-ruled society