The Boers in Angola 1928-1975 - Nicol Stassen
The Boers in Angola 1928–1975 (Collectible First English Edition)
The Definitive Account of the Dorsland Trekkers and the Final Repatriation Era
Bibliographic Specifications
- Title: The Boers in Angola 1928–1975
- Author: Nicol Stassen
- Publisher: Protea Boekhuis, Pretoria
- Publication Date: 2010
- ISBN-13: 9781869193959
- Edition Details: First English Edition (Following the highly acclaimed original Afrikaans release).
- Binding: Hardback with original cloth boards and gilt-embossed spine lettering.
- Physical Format: Octavo (8vo), 642 pages. Supplemented with exceptional historical maps, demographic tables, and archival black-and-white photographic plates.
- Language: English
Official Condition Report
- The Book: Very Good Plus (VG+)
- Exterior: The hardcover casing is remarkably flat and strong, maintaining absolute structural integrity. The joints and hinges are tight. Exhibits only minor, superficial shelf friction along the extreme bottom cover rim from routine storage.
- Interior: Flawless text block. The internal pages are crisp, perfectly clean, uniformly bright white, and tightly bound. Entirely free of highlighting, corner folds, or institutional stamps.
- The Dust Jacket: Very Good Plus (VG+)
- Condition Detail: A bright, vibrant jacket showing only minimal storage wear. Free of fading or edge chipping. It has been kept pristine inside an archival plastic sleeve, offering maximum preservation for this rare collectible copy.
Synopsis & Historical Value
Published in 2010 by Protea Boekhuis, The Boers in Angola 1928–1975 is a magisterial, groundbreaking academic study on the tail-end of the Dorsland Trek (Thirstland Trek). While much has been written about the Boers' initial 19th-century flight into Angola, Nicol Stassen fills a major historical void by documenting their subsequent fifty years under Portuguese colonial administration. Stassen relies on unprecedented access to archival records across South Africa, Namibia, Angola, and Portugal to detail their daily socio-economic life, their intricate interactions with local indigenous communities, and the dramatic 1975 airlift operations that brought them back across the border at the outbreak of the Angolan Civil War. This scarce collectible book is indispensable for serious Africana bibliophiles.
Author Profile: Nicol Stassen
Dr Nicol Stassen is a highly respected South African historian, researcher, and chemical engineer who serves as the Managing Director of Protea Boekhuis. He holds doctorates in both Chemical Engineering and History. Stassen is globally recognized as the leading historical authority on the Dorsland Trekkers, having spent decades in international archives compiling a definitive multi-volume history of South African migrations into broader Africa.
