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Original Post Date: 2011-01-17 Time: 03:00:01 Posted By: Yoel Lerner
I have already mentioned the dual problems of the Afrikaner Diaspora and of the diminutive size of Orania. Over the past few days a fascinating discussion has been taking place over Oraniagesprek, concerning the definition of the Afrikaner Volk. This is an excellent development, because as the Afrikaner nation strives to rise again on its feet in order to stride forward, it must be aware of just who and what it. Nationhood is a complex concept. It involves history, language, faith, an overriding unity that overcomes secondary differences that will always exist so long as humanity remains human, and of course a guiding sense of purpose.
It is to this last point that I have been devoting some serious thinking ever since the renewal of my friendship with the Afrikaner people, and more especially ever since my short visit to Johannesburg, Pretoria and Orania a year and a half ago. One of the characteristics of Afrikanerdom today is its internal divisions. As I learned both from my conversations with my Afrikaner friends and from extensive reading and study, there exist today over fifty organizations that claim to speak for the Afrikaner people. These have in the main coalesced into two large groups, one group clearly viewing the future of the Afrikaner people as involving the establishment of an independent sovereign state – a Volkstaat – in part of South Africa. The other apparently considers the future of the Volk to be dependent on the success of its finding its place in the “new” (since the 1990s) South Africa. And there are a number of Afrikaner organizations that maintain their independence and steer clear of both organizational coalitions. It appears to me that the internal organizational divisions per se are not necessarily harmful, but I have been anxiously searching for the shared sense of purpose. And I don’t feel that I have found it. Personally, I support the concept of Afrikaner independence and renewed sovereignty. I believe that the history of the Afrikaner people provides the moral justification for such a move, but the real drive has to come from the Afrikaner people themselves.
I could go on and on, but I believe I have made my point. The undisguised sense of purpose that is characteristic of Orania is one of the attributes of that pearl on the edge of the desert that so endears it to me. In my next post I will discuss a vision I have of internal Afrikaner solidarity (I use the term deliberately) and the role of Orania in that vision.