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SIGNED, DATED & INSCRIBED BY JAN SPIES, TAFELBERG, HARDCOVER, 56 PAGES, INCL. NEWSPAPER CLIPPING, AFRIKAANS TEXT, CONDITION: AS NEW.
Johannes Petrus Spies (1936 1996) was a Namibian author and popular storyteller. Alongside P.G. du Plessis he was the presenter of the popular television program Spies en Plessie met permissie, and hosted personalities like Tolla van der Merwe, Koos Meyer, Danny Pretorius, Nico Nel and Pyp de Villiers.
The poems in this volume are related to folk verses, but despite points of contact with words and writing, the erotic boorishness and neologisms are spoken with their own voice and bring their own message. Social and political critique is delivered and art theory is considered, while more earthly matters like donkeys, the barren world of South West Africa and its people are also discussed. Religious matters are also involved, reflecting on the saving power of the gospel that has become perverted and thus lost its power. Begrafnis op Saterdag depicts the parallel events of a funeral and a rugby match, where penalty kicks also indicates death.
Voetvolk refers to a crowd of ordinary people and an army is also suggested, one who should not shoot but write. Voetvolk is dedicated to Mervyn Kahn, his best friend at the Indian College.
