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“You are under arrest for the murder of Morah Djo, you have the right to remain silent…’’ one officer proclaimed. I YELLED, CALLING THEM BOERS, CALLING THEM OPPRESSORS IN AFRIKAANS as they dragged me out of the bathroom. My body was tossed into the police van. It seemed surreal, he needed to die.”

Murder Revenge Police Brutality Boers Apartheid Inferiority

Book:They Raped Me: So, Now What?

Source: They Raped Me: So, Now What?

“Before the war, and especially before the Boer War, it was summer all the year round.”

Years War Peace Summer Rounds Boers

Author:George Orwell

“He sits in an old armchair in the corner covered with bits of blankets and a bucket behind the chair that stinks enough to make you sick and when you look at that old man in the dark corner you want to get a hose with hot water and strip him and wash him down and give him a big feed of rashers and eggs and mashed potatoes with loads of butter and salt and onions.I want to take the man from the Boer War and the pile of rags in the bed and put them in a big sunny house in the country with birds chirping away outside the window and a stream gurgling.”

Source: Angela's Ashes: A Memoir

“First catch your Boer, then kick him.”

Firsts Kicks Boers

Book:Following the Equator: (With Original Illustrations)

Source: Following the Equator: (With Original Illustrations)

“The Victorians pioneered numbers of commercial rackets about which their descendants complain (the manufacturers of Bovril, it appears, were virtually official sponsors of the Boer War).”

War Numbers History Complaining Officials Descendants Sponsors British History Racket Boers

Author:D. J. Taylor