It includes dimensions such as the historiography of Afrikaner nationalism, the ways in which the movement was mobilized, gender relations, the reification of history, and the manner in which events impinged on developments ß Apartheidthe policy of Afrikaner nationalism was far more sophisticated than simply that of putting Afrikaners first. No longer is it possible to talk of Afrikaner nationalism in Abstract. The situation in South Africa was different from that of most other parts of THE RIS