So-called Afrikaner cultural markers originated from the very Khoikhoi they were invoked to exclude.
Evidence
Culture more broadly conceived was likewise invoked to demarcate those who continued to insist they were European from those who were not, though in reality cultural practices came to intersect, overlap, interact. Thus practices that would later be identified as definitively Afrikaner culture – biltong (sun dried and salted meat) and veldschoene (literally shoes for the wild fields or cowhide shoes, sandals) are two notable examples, as Giliomee reiterates – were actually adapted from the Khoikhoi locals. Like biology, culture can claim no lasting or often even initiating purity. — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1361
Categorization
- CANDY: Biltong and veldschoene came from the Khoikhoi — a light, tweetable fact that subverts Afrikaner cultural purity claims.
- ADDENDUM: Parallels ‘Grafting & Growth’ and the immodesty article’s point that identity markers are usually borrowed, not pure origins.
- XREF: connects to: Afrikaner cultural markers were adopted from the Khoikhoi, not invented.
Broader Connections
- Afrikaner cultural markers were adopted from the Khoikhoi, not invented.
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