page_title: British diaspora in Africa
section_title: South Africa
hierarchical_section_title: British diaspora in Africa / History / South Africa
caption_attribution_description: Jan Johannes van den Berg, with his son (left) Adrian ven deb Berg, and Nicolaas (right) in 1950. The photo was taken soon after their furniture arrived from The Netherlands, as van den Berg's family had just emigrated to South Africa.
context_page_description: The British diaspora in Africa is a population group broadly defined as English-speaking white Africans of mainly British descent who live in or come from Sub-Saharan Africa. The majority live in South Africa and other Southern African countries in which English is a primary language, including Zimbabwe, Namibia, Kenya Botswana, Zambia, Lesotho and Eswatini. There are also sizable numbers in Nigeria and Ghana. Their first language is usually English. The majority of white Africans who speak English as a first language are of British and Irish descent.
caption: Family soon after arrival from Europe in 1950
exif: {}