Stigting Die Afrikanervolkswag
Stigting Die Afrikanervolkswag (First Edition Afrikanervolkswag Founding Speeches, 1984)
The Principal Addresses from the Founding Meeting of the Afrikanervolkswag, Pretoria, 4 and 5 May 1984
Bibliographic Specifications
- Title: Stigting Die Afrikanervolkswag: Hoofredes gelewer op 4 en 5 Mei 1984
- Publisher: Die Afrikanervolkswag, Pretoria
- Publication Date: 1984
- ISBN-10: 0620077646
- Edition Details: Eerste uitgawe, Eerste druk (First Edition, First Printing).
- Binding: Publisher's printed red cloth-look hardcover boards with gold and cream lettering printed directly on the boards and a cream stripe across the boards and spine. Issued without a dust jacket.
- Physical Format: Medium-sized hardcover, roughly octavo. Unillustrated.
- Language: Afrikaans
Official Condition Report
- The Book: Very Good (VG)
- Exterior / Boards: Red cloth-look boards with gold and cream printed lettering. The front board is clean and bright and the spine is straight and clean. The back board shows a glossy/dull patch, light scuffs and scratches, and a small white mark near the lower fore-edge. There is light rubbing to the corners, with the top back corner slightly more rubbed.
- Interior: The text block is sound and appears tight. The pages are toned to cream or yellow with age, and some waviness is visible to one leaf. A faint stain or mark is visible on the copyright page. No writing, stamps or ex-library marks are seen.
- The Dust Jacket: Not Applicable (As Issued). The design is printed directly on the boards.
Synopsis & Historical Value
Stigting: Die Afrikanervolkswag collects the main speeches delivered at the founding of the Afrikanervolkswag on 4 and 5 May 1984, and was published in Pretoria by the organisation itself. It preserves the voice of the movement at the moment of its creation.
The Volkswag was established as a platform to unite Afrikaners around a shared cultural identity. Its roots lay in resistance to the National Party's reform measures of the early 1980s. Reported attendance at the founding meeting exceeded 10,000 people at the Skilpadsaal in Pretoria.
The movement drew sharp attention at the time, with Parliament condemning it and the Minister of Education disputing its claim to be a purely cultural body. A primary document of this kind is useful to collectors of Afrikaner political and cultural history and to researchers of the Afrikaner nationalism of the 1980s.
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