Zebra Kry Sy Strepe

By Mauritz Mostert

Hierdie is ‘n Afrika Volksverhaal wat verskil van ‘n gewone storie, want hierdie is ‘n lewensstorie, gebaseer op feite en tradisie eerder as suiwer fiksie. In Afrika, is mites en groot stories volop, en om elke berg en deur elke vallei, sal jy ‘n verhaal hoor wat amper klink soos die verhaal wat jy alvorens gehoor het. Daarom is daar vandag baie weergawes van elke verhaal. Ek glo hierdie verhaal vang uiteraard die oorspronklikheid vas, wat behoorlik aangepas is van ‘n tradisionele mondelikse verhaal en daardeur, is die behoud van uniekheid. In eer aan die mondelikse tradisie en aan die leser van hierdie geliefde Afrika Volkverhaal. En om die verhaal se uniekheid te behou, het ek die “stem” van die oorspronklike storieverteller probeer hou, om in die manier wat hulle eeue gelede gepraat het uit te druk.

• Language: Afrikaans
• Publisher: Mauritz Mostert
• Release date: Apr 10, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301659753

Mauritz Mostert

Artist and author, Mauritz Mostert, was born and bred on a South African farm. The untamed bushveld was his second home where his family was influential in the creation of the Timbavati Private Nature Reserve.Growing up between what was then the African wilds and a commercial farm meant driving vast distances over dirt tracks, through rivers, riding in supplies needed for weeks at a time in an old Kombi.Isolation in the bushveld was profound but blissful. In the rainy season the camp would be cut off as the rivers rose and flooded the dry bush. The nearest bush clinic was the mission station at Acornhoek, run by nuns, over forty miles away and the nearest small town, one hundred.In the bush, young Mauritz learned to be resourceful and capable. His constant companions, the birds, the animals and Santros, the son of his grandfather's right-hand man. But like most colonial children from African farms, Mauritz had to eventually go to boarding school, seeing his beloved bushveld only on holidays.Mauritz has worked in South Africa and Botswana as an expedition guide and coordinator for documentary makers associated with National Geographic. Apart from painting and writing books, he is the webmaster and developer accountable for Wildmoz. There he is the wildlife photographer, providing visual content on the websites and illustrations for the African Folktales Book Series.Read more at https://wildmoz.com.