Sandile: The Fall of the Xhosa Nation -

T.V .Bulpin publishers, Cape Town, 1971, hardcover, illustrated, index, 312 pages, 18.6 cms x 23.9 cms x 3.7 cms, condition: as new,

 The first full-length study of the Xhosa chief Sandile. Sandile's life-span covers the glory of Xhosa nationhood, the more important wars with the British Colonial Government, the national suicide of the Xhosas and also the tragedy of his personal story.

Several portraits - more than of any other chief - of Chief Sandile exist, including some by Frederick I'Ons and Thomas Baines. Reproductions of a number of these are included in the book.

                                                      A bibliography and index and more than 30 photographs and sketches included.

The author, Johannes Petrus Meintjes (1923   1980) was a South African artist and writer. He grew up on his family's farm in the mountains near Molteno and lived and worked in Cape Town for several years, taught art, travelled for exhibitions and won a range of South African and international awards. In 1965 he retired to Molteno, high in the Stormberg of the Eastern Cape, where he focused on his writing. He went on to win several literary awards