National Conference on the role of Blacks in the Anglo-Boer South African War - 1899 - 1902, 29 - 31 August 2000, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Origin date: 29 - 31 August 2000
Updated: 2 Dec 2019

National Conference on the role of Blacks in the Anglo-Boer South African War - 1899 - 1902, 29 - 31 August 2000, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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It is not uncommon that one and the same event be named differently by different interest-groups – even at one and the same time. The operation commonly known as “the Anglo-Boer War”, “die tweede Vryheidsoorlog”, “impi yamaBhunu namaNgisi”, “der Burenkrieg”, has – for almost a century now – been in the mind of historians, analysts and commentators and has been dealt with from a variety of angles with the result that a somehow detailed and reliable account can in the meantime be found. Which of the many names has – in the meantime – gained such acceptability that it can be regarded as being the most appropriate? I prefer the term “Anglo-Boer South African War”. Generations of writers have – up to recently - upheld the erroneous claim that the military operations between 1899 and 1902 in this part of the world have merely been a “white man’s war”, and have – by so doing – deliberately overlooked “the fact of a great deal of involvement” and participation by blacks (African, Coloured and Indian people) in that conflict.

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01Professor Ben K h u m a l o – S e e g e l k e n, National Conference on the role of Blacks in the Anglo-Boer South African War - 1899 - 1902, 29 - 31 August 2000, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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South African History Online. (2019, December 2). National Conference on the role of Blacks in the Anglo-Boer South African War - 1899 - 1902, 29 - 31 August 2000, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0149788

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"National Conference on the role of Blacks in the Anglo-Boer South African War - 1899 - 1902, 29 - 31 August 2000, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa." South African History Online, 2 Dec. 2019, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0149788. Accessed 2 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "National Conference on the role of Blacks in the Anglo-Boer South African War - 1899 - 1902, 29 - 31 August 2000, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa." South African History Online. December 2, 2019. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0149788.