South Africa's Indian Ocean
Boer prisoners of war in India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3634035 |
|---|---|
| Authors | I Hofmeyr (0000-0002-7904-5935, University of the Witwatersrand, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 363-380 |
| Publication date | 2012-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Dynamics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0253-3952 • E-ISSN: 1940-7874 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02533952.2012.752234 |
| OpenAlex | W1974067463 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 26 |
During the Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902), the British transported Boer prisoners of war to St Helena, Ceylon, India and Bermuda. This article examines the 9000 POWs who were sent to India. Rather than considering them only within the historiography of the South African War (where as failed soldiers they occupy a marginal position), the article places these POWs in the growing Indian Ocean scholarship. This historiography has generated a rich research on forced migration in the Indian Ocean world and the article argues that the Boer POWs can be located within this scholarship. A second strand of Indian Ocean work focuses on the rich transnational experimental imaginings engendered by the epic imperial mobility of the nineteenth century. The ways in which the Boer POWs were (or are) categorised (citizens of the Boer republics, British subjects in the making, imperials citizens, white nationalists, South Africans, etc) can usefully be included in this transnational Indian Ocean historiography. Keywords: South African/Anglo-Boer WarBoer prisoners of warIndiaIndian Ocean Acknowledgements I am indebted to Nonica Datta, for arranging the trip to Ambala on which this article draws; to P.K. Datta, for accompanying us and sharing his knowledge on the reception of the Anglo-Boer War in India; to Zaheda Mohamed, for filming the outing; and to Reverend Bhatty, for showing us around the St Paul’s cemetery. Notes 1. Phrase from Nasson Citation2010, 235. 2. This was the name of one of the newspapers produced by Boer POWs in Ceylon. 3. Indian Opinion, November 5, 1904; Erasmus death records Citation1945. See also Burgher n.d., a diary that evinces a strong interest in the Hindu epics. 4. Scholtz Citation1972, 324–325; The Hindu September 17, 1936 in Hofmeyr papers, Historical Papers, University of the Witwatersrand. 5. Undated newspaper report, Department of Foreign Affairs 1923–1951, SAD BTS 106/102. 2. 6. For material on these various debates, see Department of Foreign Affairs Citation1923–1951. 7. Undated newspaper report, Department of Foreign Affairs 1923–1951, SAB BTS 106/1-2/2. 8. Volksblad, September 17, 2008
Ancient history · Archaeology · Ceylon · Ethnology · Historiography · Indian ocean · Political science · Scholarship · African history and culture studies · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Law · South African History and Culture
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Introduction
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| Citations per year | 0,55 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2022 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |