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Auction #130 begins on 09 Apr 2026

Witbooi, (Hendrik) & Voigts, (Gustav)

DIE DAGBOEK VAN HENDRIK WITBOOI:

Kaptein van die Witbooi-Hottentotte, 1884-1905…; met 'n voorwoord deur Gustav Voigts

Published: The Van Riebeeck Society, Cape Town, 1929

Edition: First edition

Reserve: $50

Approximately:

Estimate: $75

Bidding opens: 9 Apr 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 16 Apr 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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xxviii, 244 pages: group portrait as frontispiece, folding map. (Van Riebeeck Society publications. First series; 9). Pictorial cloth. Browning on free endpapers. Spotting on page edges & preliminary pages as normally seen. Price clipped. Text chiefly in Dutch. 


Witbooi, a Nama, realised that African unity was essential in the face of conquest and colonisation by Germany. He committed his thoughts and convictions to paper in the form of a journal, and kept minutes of meetings and copies of correspondence with other Namibian leaders and Imperial German officers.

  • Binding Condition: Excellent
  • Overall Condition: Excellent
  • Size: 21, 5 x 15 cm


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