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Keeper of the Kumm
Sylvia Vollenhoven
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Paperback. Sylvia Vollenhoven brings together the story of her own life and the story of a long-ago ancestor //Kabbo, a respected Khoisan storyteller. Too much of South Africas history has been lost and suppressed, leaving a void for many South Africans. Sylvias attempts to reconcile her present with the haunting of the past is a powerful story. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Dimension: 132 x 254 x 27. Weight in Grams: 290.
Too much of South Africa's history has been lost and suppressed, leaving a void for many South Africans. Sylvia Vollenhoven brings together her life and that of a long-ago ancestor, /Kabbo, a respected Khoisan storyteller. She writes of her experience as being “too black” for her coloured schoolmates, working as one of the early female journalists in the misogynistic environment of the '70s, and of the constant impact on her life of her background - including her ancestors.
Too much of South Africa's history has been lost and suppressed, leaving a void for many South Africans. Sylvia Vollenhoven brings together her life and that of a long-ago ancestor, /Kabbo, a respected Khoisan storyteller. She writes of her experience as being “too black” for her coloured schoolmates, working as one of the early female journalists in the misogynistic environment of the '70s, and of the constant impact on her life of her background - including her ancestors.
Product Details
Publisher
Tafelberg
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
290g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Capetown, South Africa
ISBN
9780624063087
SKU
V9780624063087
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About Sylvia Vollenhoven
Sylvia Vollenhoven is an award-winning journalist, filmmaker and playwright, celebrated both locally (for various documentaries for national TV and a new series for the Afrikaans channel VIA) as well as internationally.