Ilvy Njiokiktjien

Afrikaner Blood

Elles van Gelder, Ilvy Njiokiktjien

Kommandokorps in South Africa organizes camps during school holidays for young white Afrikaner teenagers, teaching them self-defence and how to combat a perceived black enemy. The group’s leader, self-proclaimed ‘Colonel’ Franz Jooste, served with the South African Defence Force under the old apartheid regime and eschews the vision of a multicultural nation. In nine days, boys who once carried a budding belief in South Africa's unity become toughened men with racist ideas.