Christiaan Bakkes
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Christiaan Mathys Bakkes (born August 3, 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 1990's he was involved in elephant culling, 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. He is described as a fan of heavy metal
music.
Vredenburg
Vredenburg is a town of the Cape West Coast in the Western Cape province of South Africa. "Vrede" is Afrikaans for peace. It is the transportation and commercial hub of the West Coast area and administrative center of the Saldanha Bay Local Municipality...
) is a noted South African writer. He is the son of Cas and Margaret Bakkes
Margaret Bakkes
Margaret Bakkes is a noted South African writer. She is married to historian Cas Bakkes, and is the mother of four children: Johannes, Marius, Matilde and Christiaan. Two of her children, C...
and the brother of C. Johan Bakkes
C. Johan Bakkes
C. Johan Bakkes is a noted South African writer. He is the son of Cas and Margaret Bakkes and the brother of Christiaan Bakkes. He is married to the artist Nanna Vorster-Bakkes....
.
For a time he worked as a game ranger in the Kruger National Park
Kruger National Park
Kruger National Park is one of the largest game reserves in Africa. It covers and extends from north to south and from east to west.To the west and south of the Kruger National Park are the two South African provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga. In the north is Zimbabwe, and to the east is...
, where during the early 1990's he was involved in elephant culling, 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. He is described as a fan of heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
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)
External links
- Christiaan Bakkes, NB Publishers
- A picture of Christiaan Bakkes on Flickr