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Dorsland Trek (Thirstland Trek) is the
collective name of a
series of
explorations undertaken by Boer
settlers from
South Africa from 1874 to 1881, in...
- The
Dorsland tree, also
known as the
Dorsland Baobab and the
Dorsland Grootboom (Afrikaans:
Large Thirstland Tree), is a
baobab tree in
Namibia which...
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religion among the
Ovambo and
Kavango people. In the late 19th century,
Dorsland Trekkers crossed the area on
their way from the
Transvaal to Angola. Some...
- the
History of
Namibia Khoisan people Bantu expansion Orlam migration Dorsland Trek
Traditional kingdom (Uukwambi, Uukwaluudhi, Uukwangali)
German colonisation...
- is
Afrikaans and
means "six
rawhide thongs",
given by
settlers on the
Dorsland Trek who had to join six such
thongs in
order for a
bucket to
reach the...
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capital of Mozambique. A
significant number of
Afrikaners also went as
Dorsland Trekkers to Angola,
where a
large group settled on the Huíla Plateau, in...
- and
after the
major republics were
established during the
Thirstland ('
Dorsland') Trek. One such
trekker described the
impetus for
emigrating as, "a drifting...
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nation of
Botswana in the 19th century,
starting with the Boer people. The
Dorsland Trek in the late 19th and
early 20th
centuries saw
thousands of Boer families...
- the
History of
Namibia Khoisan people Bantu expansion Orlam migration Dorsland Trek
Traditional kingdom (Uukwambi, Uukwaluudhi, Uukwangali)
German colonisation...
- Lya
Mpingana (died 1908), King of Ondonga,
defeated the
settlers of the
Dorsland Trek in 1886, and
German colonial forces at Fort
Namutoni in 1904 Samuel...
