Draaie, swaaie en afdwaalpaaie:: reisstories
Draaie, swaaie en afdwaalpaaie:: reisstories is an Afrikaans collection of travel stories featuring adventures, detours, and memorable journeys.
On the Sponge Islands
When Julia Martin visits the Greek islands of the Dodecanese, beauty and
suffering seem inextricable. On the Sponge Islands follows her journey
through Rhodes, Symi, Halki, Kalymnos, and Patmos to trace the cultural
and ecological legacy of sponge diving. Because of their wonderful porosity,
sea sponges have always been perfect for a myriad of human uses, and
men from the islands had been diving for them and trading them since
antiquity. In the late nineteenth century new deep sea diving suits made it
possible to mine the seabed as never before and bring home untold wealth.
It was a rich harvest that came at the cost of many lives. And it couldn’t
last. Everything, one might say, flowed through sponges. Until it didn’t.
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The Traveller: Crossing Borders and Connecting Africa
Thebe Ikalafeng is a branding icon who set the agenda for the industry at the dawn of our democracy and continues to pioneer it to this day. As the founder of Brand Africa, the African continent is now a major focus in his life’s mission. He is The Traveller, having touched soil on every African country. His mission is impact.
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Wie de hel is Johnny Joubert?
Rugby wou Dana nog nooit uitlos nie. Van klubrugby op stowwerige dorpsvelde tot die glorie van drie Wêreldbekers; die stories in hierdie boek kom al ’n leeftyd aan. Wie de hel is Johnny Joubert? is – nes rugby – kleurryk, sonder fiemies, en eg Suid-Afrikaans.