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Izak Bouwer
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'N AFRIKAANSE VOLKSLIED
'n Ieder nasie het sy land!
Ons woon op Afrikaanse strand;
Vir ons is daar g'n beter grond
op al die wye wêreld rond.
Trots is ons om die naam te dra
van kinders van Suid-Afrika.
Geskryf deur C.P. Hoogenhout, A. Pannevis,
D.F. du Toit, S.J. du Toit.
Musiek deur W.J. van Gorkom
verwerk deur G.G. Cillie.
Ieder: each
woon: live, reside
g'n: contraction of "geen" (none)
trots: proud
dra: carry, have
The first draft of this song was written by Arnoldus
Pannevis and published in "De Zuid-Afrikaan" in
1875. Readers were invited to improve the six verses
of the poem. S.J. du Toit, his brother D.F. du Toit
(Oom Lokomotief) and C.P. Hoogenhout contributed,
and the final form appeared in the first edition of
"Die Afrikaanse Patriot" (1876). W.J von Gorkom,
the writer of the tune, was Director of Education in
the Z.A.R. between 1876-1878, when he returned to
the Netherlands.
There are six verses to the poem, indicating that
each nation not only has its own language, but its own
law, its own rights and its own time. This was written
at a time when Afrikaners in Transvaal and the Orange
Free State did indeed carve out for themselves states
in the SA interior. However, the western part was ruled
by the English, and the words of the song have a distinct
revolutionary drift, especially the sixth verse, which is
a kind of warning to all people not to disregard the will
of God who wishes to grant each people what is due to
them.
S.J. du Toit went on to become the editor of "Ons
Klyntji" (Our little one) first published in 1896. An
attempt was made to keep the publication apolitical, but
these were times of upheaval in Southern Africa. Poems
against the Jameson Raid first appeared in "Ons Klyntji."
Lateron du Toit tried to keep the publication free of the
politics that were ripping the region apart. Eventually
S.J. du Toit came out as pro-Rhodes and disapproved of
the policies followed by Paul Kruger. This influenced
the popularity of "Ons Klyntji" after the war. Eventually
it stopped being published in 1906. However, as the first
literary journal in Afrikaans, it ought to be remembered
as pioneering journalism.
Gloudina Bouwer
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