Voëlvry was the Boere-Woodstock" writes Max du Preez. "It was a significant movement in every social, political, cultural and musical sense of the word ..."Rock revolution" just got a delicious new double meaning"
At a time when Souh Africa was embroiled in the Border wars, PW Botha was die Groot Krokodil and Potchefstroom University was debating whether dancing was a sin, an eccentric mix of young Afrikaans artists took to the road and became the voice of their generation. Their goal was the emancipation of Afrikaner youth from the strictures of their authoritarian, patriarchal culture, and they would make it cool to be an Afrikaner.
Organised by Vrye WeekblJohannes Kerkorrel en die Gereformeerde Blues Band, and Bernoldus Niemand (James Phillips) en die Swart Gevaar. Based on interviews with participants and observers, this is the definitive account of those heady days.
At times nostalgic, funny, sad and outrageous, this is a rollicking read that will appeal to those who were there, those who say they were there and those who wish they were there.
Something about the author:
Pat Hopkins is a history and political science graduate from the University of Natal. He is an award-winning writer, travel journalist and author of more than a dozen books, including the Boy, Eccentric South Africa and Cringe, the Beloved Country. He lives in Johannesbur with his wife and two daughters.
Source: Voëlvry: the movement that rocked South Africa / Pat Hopkins 2006
At a time when Souh Africa was embroiled in the Border wars, PW Botha was die Groot Krokodil and Potchefstroom University was debating whether dancing was a sin, an eccentric mix of young Afrikaans artists took to the road and became the voice of their generation. Their goal was the emancipation of Afrikaner youth from the strictures of their authoritarian, patriarchal culture, and they would make it cool to be an Afrikaner.
Organised by Vrye WeekblJohannes Kerkorrel en die Gereformeerde Blues Band, and Bernoldus Niemand (James Phillips) en die Swart Gevaar. Based on interviews with participants and observers, this is the definitive account of those heady days.
At times nostalgic, funny, sad and outrageous, this is a rollicking read that will appeal to those who were there, those who say they were there and those who wish they were there.
Something about the author:
Pat Hopkins is a history and political science graduate from the University of Natal. He is an award-winning writer, travel journalist and author of more than a dozen books, including the Boy, Eccentric South Africa and Cringe, the Beloved Country. He lives in Johannesbur with his wife and two daughters.
Source: Voëlvry: the movement that rocked South Africa / Pat Hopkins 2006
