The Huguenot Festival

(Afrikaans: Hugenote-fees). (1939) A festival celebrating the centenary of the arrival of the French Huguenots in the Cape. They would settle and introduce numerous innovations, notably in the agricultural and cultural fields. Their influence on the development of the Afrikaans language was also significant. The festival, initiated largely by Afrikaans cultural Organisations, involved ***

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