Jong Afrikaner

Roelof Petrus van Wyk Jong Afrikaner, Fourthwall Books, 2012, Afrikaans, a 'begrafnis pantomime' (text) by Stephanus Muller, orange cloth boards, full-colour fine art photographic reproductions, 375 x 325 mm, condition: very good.

  'Young Afrikaner – A Self Portrait, Looking at the White Tribe of Africa'. A Massive shift from a State Owned, and Sanctioned, National Identity during Apartheid, to a Self-determined, Narrative, Plural and Personal Identity, steeped in Culture – Language, Music and Visual Arts – has occurred during the last decade. This group finds itself wedged between an inherited Caucasian/ European-, and a new African Nationalist worldview. Weaving these two world views into a coherent social-, political- and cultural reality is an ongoing existential challenge. This photo project not only turns the the lens onto the Afrikaners by themselves, but also asks bigger questions about belonging to Africa and their place as Africans. (Roelof Petrus van Wyk, 2011, roelofvanwyk.wordpress.com.)

The co-founder of Fourthwall Books, and a former editor of Art South Africa magazine, Bronwyn Law-Viljoen, is senior lecturer and head of Creative Writing at the University of the Witwatersrand. She was previously Managing Editor at David Krut Publishing.

                           (please note that the images on this page do not do justice to those in the book)

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