'Imagined Community': 1950s kiekies of the volk

Abstract

Huisgenoot was founded in Cape Town in 1916 against a backdrop of shifting political and cultural alignments within Afrikaner culture. In the aftermath of the Vryheidsoorlog (South African War) ( 1899-1902), two streams of Afrikaner alignment emerged. The first supported the reconciliatory rule of Louis Botha and Jan Smuts, who ushered in political coalition between the British and Afrikaners. The second sought to mobilise Afrikaner culture, through the vehicle of language, in reaction to British imperialism and domination.