Example sentences for: afrikaner

How can you use “afrikaner” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Or between Afrikaner white supremacism and post-apartheid multiracial democracy?

  • Framed by a dystopic post-World War II South Africa--where the economy has moved from rural to urban, Afrikaner nationalists have risen to power, and apartheid is testing its wings--the story airs these larger happenings through the muggy lives of its young protagonist (the book spans years 10 through 13) and his family: his father, a nonpracticing attorney whom he despises; his mother, who is too close to him and to whom he is too close; and a younger brother, who he suspects may, at heart, be normal.

  • Furthermore, English is not the only colonial language of the territory, for since 1948 the ruling Afrikaner nationalists have promoted Afrikaans as an essential language for advancement in the public service.


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