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Ossewakop, also known as Voortrekker, is a mountain pass located above the town of Wakkerstroom in Mpumalanga, South Africa. In 1948, a memorial was erected on this site to commemorate the Great Trek of 1838, a pivotal event in South African history when Dutch-speaking settlers (Voortrekkers) migrated inland from the Cape Colony to escape British rule. The memorial on Ossewakop is one of several such monuments built during the 1930s and 1940s, a period when Afrikaner nationalism was strong, and the centenary of the Great Trek (1938) had sparked renewed interest in Voortrekker heritage.

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