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Collaboration means to cooparate with an illegitimate ruler[edit]

"The collaboration between the Basters and the German Empire"

I don´t think that "collaboration" is the right word for the relationship between the "basters" and the colonial government. Imperial Germany was the internationally acknowledged government of Namibia of that time and the "basters" were just loyal.

There is a tendency of giving the most dramatic figures and expressions possible in order to gain public interest or compensation. But I don´t think that the term "concentration camp" should be used in this context because in the connection with Germany it unavoidably brings to mind the Nazi Concentration Camps in Poland. And to equate the camps of a German colonial army to camps like Auschwitz would be definitely misleading.

Yes, as the original writer of this article, in hindsight the word cooperation is the better fit. --Roisterer 03:23, 11 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Liasons between Dutch men and black women only?[edit]

The article in the intro says this, but was that exclusive or were there relations which resulted in Basters between Dutch women and black men?

Probably, because A) There were a lot more men among the Dutch colonists that there were women, so few dutch women would have had to "marry down", and B) And black man who showed such an interest would have found himself in serious danger of being lynched. Sad, but that's the way the world worked back then. Chaotic nipple 21:26, 23 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Citations[edit]

This article appears to have few references to back up statements that are meant to be taken as fact. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.7.68.112 (talk) 10:28, 15 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I never knew that the word Bastart or crossbreed came from the Dutch. That is awesome!!!

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