Die Afrikaanse Patriot, Afrikaners, Die Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners

Reprint, Afrikaanse Taalmuseum, Paarl Publishers, Paarl, Undated. Die Afrikaanse Patriot was a monthly magazine published by Die Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners, The first copy was dated Saterdag 15 January 1876. Die Afrikaanse Patriot. Deel 1, no. 1, Saterdag, 15 January, 1876. Byvoegsel tot "Di Afr. Patriot, van Donderdag, 16 Jan. 1896". Paarl, 1896. Reprint. 12mo. Pamphlet without wraps (as issued ?). Copy of the first issue of this Afrikaans newspaper, issued as supplement to hte newspaper in 1896. Pp. 16. Paper browned & brittle, ex-library. Good. R165.00 The Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners (Afrikaans for "Society of Real Afrikaners") was formed on 14 August 1875 in Dal Josaphat near the town of Paarl by a group of Afrikaans speakers from the current Western Cape region. From 15 January 1876 the society published a journal in Afrikaans called Die Afrikaanse Patriot ("The African Patriot") as well as a number of books, including grammars, dictionaries, religious material and histories. Die Afrikaanse Patriot was succeeded in 1905 by today's Paarl newspaper.