Jager Afrikaner

Jager Afrikaner
Captain of the Orlam Afrikaners
Reign1795 – 18 August 1823
PredecessorKlaas Afrikaner
SuccessorJonker Afrikaner
Bornc. 1769
Died18 August 1823(1823-08-18) (aged 53–54)
Blydeverwacht
Khoekhoe language nameǀHomǀaramab

Jager Afrikaner (Khoekhoe: ǀHomǀaramab; c. 1769 – 18 August 1823) was the third Captain of the Orlam people in South West Africa, succeeding his father Klaas Afrikaner at around 1800. Before converting to Christianity through the missionary efforts of Robert Moffat, Afrikaner and his followers were considered notorious bandits. He was one of the founders of Namibia's first systematic settlement in an engineering sense, ǁKhauxaǃnas. After his death in 1823 his son Jonker Afrikaner succeeded him as Captain of the Afrikaner Orlams.

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