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by Protea Boekhuis on May 15th, 2013
Peter Stark, “The White Bushman”, passed away on 7 May at the age of 84. Travel News Namibia commented thatm “Stark was renowned for his in-depth knowledge of the bushveld and his adventures with wildlife and the bushman of the Etosha National Park” and said that, “His fascinating life in and near the Etosha National Park was captured succinctly” in his autobiography, The White Bushman.
Travel News Namibia republished a 2007 tribute to Stark, written by his friend and colleague, the late Hu Berry:
Peter Stark, self-proclaimed white bushman and self-confessed poacher turned protector of lions, died yesterday at the age of 84 in South Africa. Born in Windhoek in 1929, Stark was renowned for his in-depth knowledge of the bushveld and his adventures with wildlife and the bushman of the Etosha National Park. His fascinating life in and near the Etosha National Park was captured succinctly in his autobiography The White Bushman.
Here is authored by the late Hu Berry, which was published in 2007, and gives an in-depth view into the life of his friend and colleague, the legendary White Bushman, Peter Stark.
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by Protea Boekhuis on Mar 12th, 2013
Afrikaanse veteraanskrywer Doc Immelman is verlede Vrydag, 8 Maart, in Windhoek op die ouderdom van 84 oorlede. Volgens sy dogter Lorraine Immelman-Steyn het hy die afgelope jaar aansienlik verswak, maar het hy steeds vertaalwerk gedoen en aan sy memoire geskryf. ’n Roudiens word later hierdie week vir hom gehou.
Immelman was veral gesout in die avontuurgenre en hy was bekend vir avontuurverhale soos ’n Kwartmiljoen Mauserpatrone en Die Leeu van Okarusewa. Hy is in Goodwood in Kaapstad gebore as die oudste van twee seuns en het in 1950 na Namibië verhuis.
Sy dogters Lorraine en Yvette het ’n ruk gelede ’n webtuiste oor Immelman begin en hier skryf hulle dat hul pa is “aanmekaargeweef van kameeldoringhout en rooi duinesand, van salpeter op ’n perd se nek”.
Ons, sy dogters, bied hierdie webwerf as ‘n huldeblyk aan ons unieke en talentvolle pa – aan sy lewe, sy werk – sy lewenswerk. En bowenal aan sy wonderlike gawe om met woorde te skilder – om die leser die stof te laat ruik onder die kappende hoewe van ’n wilde hings en om jou die Walvisbaaise newel te laat voel prik op die vel.
Beeld het Immelman as “baasskrywer” beskryf:
Die gewilde avontuurverhaal-skrywer Doc Immelman (84) is in Windhoek oorlede.
Immelman is veral bekend om die romans Die bul van Kashimbo, Kurt Mauser en Die buffeljagter.
Lees ook Erika Terblanche se skrywersprofiel van Immelman:
In daardie tyd was ek in beheer van Human & Rousseau Uitgewers se kinder- en jeugboeke en populêre romans. Doc sou mettertyd etlike boeke vir ons skryf. Selfs toe het ek al besef hy is ’n ‘lewende legende’, ’n heel besonderse mens.
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by Izak on May 18th, 2012
Daniel Hugo het onlangs op die RSG-program Vers en Klank vertel dat hy ‘n besonderse verhouding met die Namibiese landskap het. Hy het tot op die ouderdom van vier op Warmbad gewoon, waarna sy gesin na Greyton getrek het. Die grootste deel van sy skoolloopbaan het hy egter weer in Windhoek in Namibië voltooi.
Hugo se bewondering vir dié landskap is een van die redes waarom hy ‘n bloemlesing met gedigte oor Namibië deur onder andere Hennie Aucamp, Marie Blomerus, Wilma Stockenström, George Weideman en selfs Gustav Preller, getiteld Land van sonlig en van sterre, saamgestel het.
Hugo het ‘n paar gedigte uit die bundel op die program voorlees. Luister na die potgooi:
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by Izak on Apr 20th, 2012
Doc Immelman het sy lesersaanhang oor dekades heen opgebou met sy jag-, misdaad- en oorlogsavontuurverhale – altyd met ’n tikkie romanse in ’n ruwe manswêreld.
Die wrede somer, sy ses-en dertigste roman, speel in die jare 1927 tot 1928 in die Namibiese hinterland af. In Fahlplatz se opstal groei die spanning tussen pa en seun en tussen man en vrou terwyl daar ’n groter stryd buite begin woed. ’n Snelloper lei sy mense tot opstand. Daar word bloed vergiet.
“… die sonlig verblind, die ongenaakbare Namibiese ruimte (is) voelbaar aan die lyf,” skryf Piet van Rooyen oor hierdie roman.
Oor die outeur
Doc Immelman is ’n meesterstorieverteller, uit wie se pen reeds meer as 40 boeke verskyn het. Sy liefde vir Namibië (waar hy steeds woon) asook sy kennis van en liefde vir jag vind in byna al sy verhale neerslag – en sorg vir ’n tydlose soort ontspanningsliteratuur wat by ou aanhangers sowel as nuwe lesers sal aanklank vind.
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by Izak on Nov 11th, 2011
Now available in English, the autobiography of Peter Stark: The White Bushman.
Peter Stark is the legendary white Bushman who writes about his experiences in the former German South West Africa. First as farm manager and lion catcher and later as nature conservationist with a phenomenal knowledge of the veld, the wildlife, the San and the people living there. His interesting stories and experiences that many of us only dream about makes for entertaining reading. For example, lions chasing San helpers and riveting stories about elephants.
With the assistance of Doc Immelman, Stark has given us an important cultural-historic perspective on Namibia. The pictures, mostly taken by Stark himself and his fellow game wardens, contribute to the reader’s experience of these adventures.
About the author
Peter Stark was born in the former German South West Africa and was for many years nature conservationist in the Okaukuejo area.
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by Izak on Nov 2nd, 2011
Protea Boekhuis stel met trots ‘n nuwe uitgawe van Doc Immelman se roman Die groot maroelas bekend:
Terwyl die maroelas nog swart teen die lug afsteek, skiet Hans Wagner vroeg een oggend twee leeus op sy Suidwes-plaas. Maar onverwags verskyn daar toe ’n jong leeutjie uit die bosse wat Hans se been lelik seermaak. Die skoot wat na dié welpie geskiet word, ruk net sy een oor af en daarna kom die dier weg.
Petrus, Hans se tienerseun, besluit om voortaan elke skoolvakansie na die eenoor-leeu te soek. Dit is ’n soektog wat baie lank duur en in daardie tyd word nie net die leeu groot nie, maar ook Petrus ontwikkel tot ’n jongman, gebrei deur harde plaaswerk en jag. En soos hy ouer word, begin hy met ander oë na die buurdogter, Martie, kyk – na wie hy eers minagtend verwys as een van “daardie Angolas”. Sal die liefde hom soos die leeu ontwyk?
Oor die outeur
Doc Immelman is ’n meesterstorieverteller, uit wie se pen reeds meer as 40 boeke verskyn het. Sy liefde vir Namibië (waar hy steeds woon) asook sy kennis van en liefde vir jag vind in byna al sy verhale neerslag – en sorg vir ’n tydlose soort ontspanningsliteratuur wat by ou aanhangers sowel as nuwe lesers sal aanklank vind.
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by Izak on Nov 24th, 2010
At age 60, William Chapman began writing down his memoirs and this book contains his engaging and enjoyable diary entries of life in southern Africa in the late nineteenth century.
Chapman grew up in Cape Town but was determined to go to Damaraland, being bent on following the life his father had led. He succumbed to the call of freedom and his ambition to become a big game hunter. He desired to see the hunting fields, the forests, the game, and everything he had read of in books of travel.
He left Table Bay in 1874 for Walvis Bay and started his adventures from there. He tells of his life as a trader who was also active in hunting, transport riding, road building, cattle farming, agriculture, gold prospecting, and as an agent for the supply of wagons.
Chapman’s narrations of his journeys, travels and encounters are fascinating – a true window on to a different period. Through his diaries, edited and annotated with extensive research by Nicol Stassen, we are we are taken vividly back to the past.
The book is divided as follows:
1. The story of his life (called “Reminiscences concerning the life of William James Bushnell Chapman”) until 1902, written at his home Mont Verdun or Sandula, Mombolo, Angola and dated 22nd March 1918, his sixtieth birthday anniversary.
2. His reminiscences from 1903 to 1916.
3. An account of the entry of the Trek-Boers into Angola and of their sojourn during the forty-eight years they struggled in that country under Portuguese rule, which he was still writing in 1932.
About the Author/Editor
Dr Nicol Stassen is the managing director of Protea Boekhuis. He has a BA degree in languages, a masters degree in chemical engineering and a doctorate in history.
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by Izak on Oct 22nd, 2010
Giants of the Desert takes a photographic exploration through the Kaokoveld, one of the world’ s most forbidding wastes, which is host to an assortment of animals that have found ways of surviving in this hostile environment.
Here giraffes go entirely without water and rhinos climb towering mountains in search of that scarce resource. But most unforgettable of all must be the elephants of the Namib.
Witnessing these giants cross bare sand dunes is a once-in-a-lifetime sight, and Fritz Eloff writes evocatively of their habits and environment. Giants of the Desert is a fascinating introduction to this harsh world and its denizens, vividly brought to life in both images and words.
About the Author
Professor Fritz Eloff was head of the zoology department at the University of Pretoria for 31 years (1954–1985) and during this period he made an indelible mark on his field of study, both in Southern Africa and worldwide. He was also chairman of the National Parks Board of South Africa for 15 years (1979–1994), chaired the Council of Curators, Transvaal Museum, for 28 years and has contributed to numerous scientific and zoological publications. Jagters van die duine, his first book, was published in 1999.
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