Christiaan Bakkes

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,^[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 heavy metal 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. ^ ^{a b} Boynton, Graham (March 2006). "The Nature of the Beast". http://www.concierge.com/cntraveler/articles/10231?pageNumber=4. Retrieved 15 November 2010. 
2. ^ http://www.nb.co.za/listing/bakkes/3037/
3. ^ 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

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