Anglo African is today used, somewhat loosely, to refer to a person or people of English or British ethnicity in Africa. Anglo Africans are white South Africans, predominantly of English, Welsh, Scottish,Irish, French Huguenot, descent who speak English. Some settlers from other parts of Europe (e.g. Italy) and from other Anglo states (Australia and Canada) also joined their nation, as did some of the Afrikaners.

They are called 'rooineks' by the Afrikaners, which means 'red necks'. It arose as a nickname in the early days of settlement is a reference to either the fact they were sunburnt easily, because unlike the Afrikaners, they were new to Africa and didn't dress appropriately to the weather, or it could have arisen from the red markings the British farmers put on their imported Merino breed of sheep.

Famous Anglo Africans:

• Cecil Rhodes
• Dr. Livingstone
• Ian Smith
• Tony Leon