Figure 1.-- A South African reader has provided us some information on what seems to have been a distinctly South Africa genre--photo comic books. I do not know if there were also comic books drawn by South African illustrators.
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Figure 1.-- A South African reader has provided us some information on what seems to have been a distinctly South Africa genre--photo comic books. I do not know if there were also comic books drawn by South African illustrators. |
At this time all we know about South African children's literature are a few books. We know of no monthy publications or annuals as in Britain. We know that there were many fiction boos published. A HBC reader from South Africa has provided a cover from an Afrikaans book--Die Hemelvoël. The title translates as "A Bird from Heaven" by Roelf van Rensburg. I am not sure just when it was published or who the cover artist was. We have no information on this book except for the cover illustration. We know very little about South African non-fiction We have little information on other South African publications or series of books. We do note some fiction stories published as series by an Afrikaans Christian publishing company to illustrate life skills and good values. A South African reader has provided us some information on what seems to have been a distinctly South Africa genre--photo comic books. We are unsure as to why this format appeared in South Africa.
At this time all we know about South African children's literature are a few books. We know of no monthy publications or annuals as in Britain. We know that there were many fiction boos published. A HBC reader from South Africa has provided a cover from an Afrikaans book--Die Hemelvoël. The title translates as "A Bird from Heaven" by Roelf van Rensburg. I am not sure just when it was published or who the cover artist was. We have no information on this book except for the cover illustration. We know very little about South African non-fiction.
We have little information on other South African publications like periodicals.
We have little information on series of books. We do note some fiction stories published as series by an Afrikaans Christian publishing company to illustrate life skills and good values.
A South African reader has provided us some information on what seems to have been a distinctly South Africa genre--photo comic books. I do not know if there were also comic books drawn by South African illustrators. We are sure that photo comic books were published. We are unsure as to why this format appeared in South Africa. A South African reader provides us information on this purely South African phenomenon - the photo comic story book. As I now write I realize it's
a huge and fascinating subject which can give a wealth of information of the social fabric in it's day. One reader believes that South Africa's late develoment of televisiin may be a factor.
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