New publication
Tuesday 04 December 2012
For the last couple of years David Culpin has been working to produce a translation and critical edition of 'The Narrative of the Shipwreck of the French Vessel the Eole on the Coast of Kaffraria in April 1829', by Charles Etienne Boniface. This was the first French book and the first travel narrative ever published in South Africa, and it gives a unique glimpse of Cape Colony at a critical moment in its history. The book was recently published by the Centre for the Book in Cape Town, and a launch was held at the National Library of South Africa on 1st November, 183 years to the day after the original publication. The launch was followed by a radio interview on the Afrikaans-language station, Radio Sonder Grense.