I Researched How To Modernize

I wanted to be like Afrikaners
Admired their wars and wins
Then I saw their scars and manners:
"Folk are folk; some know SPIN!"
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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June 13, 2020 at 8:42 PM
My interest is piqued. I know so little about the Afrikaner. xomo
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June 13, 2020 at 9:00 PM
Wow. Though, I should not be nor am I really surprised. I can wade deeper into your poem now, thank you.
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June 13, 2020 at 8:50 PM
the "boers" of South Africa, Mo? the Brits had them in concentration camps after gold n Diamonds were found in our lands, in the so-called "boer wars." They are a mix of German, Portuguese, East European [Jews?], And mainly Dutch immigrants since 1652
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