ABSTRACT
Chapter 5 analyzes the entanglement of French and Boer commemorative cultures during and after the South African War (1899-1902). In France, the conflict fueled anti-Dreyfusard nationalism, with the death of Colonel Georges de Villebois-Mareuil transformed into a symbol of French grievance following 1871, the Dreyfus Affair, and the Fashoda Incident. His 1902 monument in Nantes linked French victimhood to Boer resistance against British imperialism. Boer leaders such as Paul Kruger strategically mobilized this symbolism to cultivate international sympathy. While Gloria Victis played a more limited role in South Africa, monuments in Potchefstroom and Rustenburg reveal how French Lost Cause ideology intersected with Boer Christian nationalism and postwar mythmaking.
