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The Amandelboom Basters’ forgotten Northern Frontier story: A 19th-century tragedy

The history of Amandelboom, now Williston, in the Northern Cape does not easily lend itself to a straightforward heritage narrative of victims and villains.

  • Amandelboom Basters were prosperous 19th-century community in Northern Cape.
  • Forced to migrate 1,000 km north due to overgrazing and drought in 1860s.
  • Rehoboth Baster community studied by Eugen Fischer, Hitler's racial scientist.

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