Indonesian Afrikaners (Parallel Indonesia)

Indonesian Afrikaners (Indonesians: Afrikaner Indonesia / Afrikaners: Indonesiese Afrikaners) are ethnic Afrikaners who reside in Indonesia. According to the official census of 2002, there are 73,972 declared Afrikaners in Indonesia, with 16,740 listing Afrikaans as their mother tongue. Most of them live in Surabaya, Medan, Manado and Makassar and are most prevalent in the capital Jakarta.

History
During the years of Dutch colonial rule, many Afrikaners migrated to the Dutch East Indies. Most of them came from Namibia and western South Africa and they settled mainly in the towns of Surabaya and Medan and the capital Jakarta. Afrikaner communities can be also found in smaller towns such as Palembang, Manado, Denpasar and Bandung. Around 9,320 Afrikaners reside in Sumatra.

Notable people

 * Daniel de Bekker (b. 1969), racing car driver, YouTuber and 10th President of Indonesia