3 mars 2021
Ruy Blanes, « Boer legacies in southern Angola (2): the “Boer-style wagons” », Drought in Angola — Seca em Angola, ID : 10670/1.smuw48
"Carro bóer" (Boer cart), circa 1922. Source: Biblioteca Nacional (Portugal) A recurrent reference regarding the Boer presence in the province of Huíla refers to the introduction of ox carts or wagons as the preferred means of transport in the region - the famous "Boer-style wagons". In this post we share some of these historical references. Although, as José Manuel Azevedo mentions in his thesis on the colonization of southern Angola, the use of oxen to pull carts and wagons already e...