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An Afrikaner would be someone who speaks Afrikaans as a first language. Under apartheid, when we were segregated, there were a lot of community identities formed. For instance, the mixed-race descent people who were lumped together as "coloured" formed a real identity and a rich heritage. The "coloured" community has an individual dialect, foods, cultural icons, etc.
Similarly the "Afrikaners" who descended from the "Boers," which is what the descendants of the Voortrekkers. (The Voortrekkers were Dutch-descent farmers who took part in the "Great Trek" after the British took over the Cape in the early 1800s and founded the two independent "Boer Republics," namely the Transvaal and Free State.) After the Anglo-Boer War, which the Boers lost, the British formed the Union of South Africa and the "Boers" started calling themselves "Afrikaners." Somewhat ironically, "Afrikaner" translates as "African."
"Boet" translates as brother. Brothers and close friends would call each other "Boet" (or "Swaar" which means brother-in-law).
Afrikaner culture would be barbeques (braais), veldskoene, speaking ordentlikke (proper) Afrikaans, rugby, sokkiejol met 'n boereorkes, Steve Hofmeyr, biltong, boerewors, etc. Your homework is to Google all of that!
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