During the prohibition in the United States illegal saloons were called speakeasies. They were called this because they were often located in an attic or basement were you needed to whisper a password or speak easy and you needed to stay quiet while inside.
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When the British administers explored the south Africa they wanted to take full advantage of the place and slowly started settling in South Africa. Slowly there began invasion and Africans were called boers meaning farmers in Dutch.
There were wars and when Afrikaners lost the war they were ill-treated. They moved out to Namibia, Zimbabwe, Netherlands, South America, Australia and South Western United States. Some were left behind but manly moved to Namibia and Zimbabwe.
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