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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!"

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Maureen Mcgreavy

Date: 6/13/2020 8:42:00 PM

My interest is piqued. I know so little about the Afrikaner. xomo

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/13/2020 9:00:00 PM

Wow. Though, I should not be nor am I really surprised. I can wade deeper into your poem now, thank you.

Anil Deo
Date: 6/13/2020 8:50:00 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