Christiaan Bakkes

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Christiaan Mathys Bakkes (born 3 August 1965 in Vredenburg) is a noted South African writer. He is the son of Cas and Margaret Bakkes and the brother of C. Johan Bakkes.

For a time he worked as a game ranger in the Kruger National Park, where during the early 1990s he was involved in elephant culling,^[1] a practice to which he developed ethical objections. In 1994 he suffered serious injury inside the park in a crocodile attack. Hereafter he commenced a new career in die Damaraland desert, where he acts as guide and conservation official for Wilderness Safaris.^[1]^[2]^[3] He is described as a fan of punk rock music.

Works

Die Lang Pad van Stoffel Mathysen (1998)
Stoffel in die Wildernis (2000)
Skuilplek (2002)
Stoffel by die afdraaipad (2004)
Stoffel se veldnotas (2007)
In Bushveld and Desert: A Game Ranger's Life (2008)

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Boynton, Graham (March 2006). "The Nature of the Beast". Retrieved 15 November 2010.
↑ http://www.nb.co.za/listing/bakkes/3037/
↑ http://nb.book.co.za/blog/2008/05/14/double-bakkes-book-launch-at-exclusive-books-cavendish-square/

External links

Christiaan Bakkes, NB Publishers
A picture of Christiaan Bakkes on Flickr

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 46082560 LCCN: n98089360

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