The Special Collections Book of the Week this week is:

The Voortrekkers: the story of the Great Trek and the making of South Africa, by Johannes Meintjes.

Sir Winston Churchill wrote that the Great Trek “was one of the remarkable feats of the nineteenth century”. Five thousand Boers - men, women and children - set out in small parties into the unknown interior of southern Africa in search of new land and independence from British rule. With their wagons and oxen, their cattle, horses, bibles and guns, these Voortrekkers created a legend and dramatically influenced the course of African history.

Catalogue Access: https://UnivofPretoria.on.worldcat.org/oclc/705344

This book is available at Special Collections, housed on level 5 of the Merensky 2 LIbrary on the Hatfield Campus, and is part of our Africana (ZA) Collection.

The Special Collections unit of the Department of Library Services plays a stewardship role in the acquisition and preservation of the Library's rare and valuable information resources, making them accessible to students, staff and researchers, as well as safeguarding them for future generations.