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''[[Zamenspraak tusschen Klaas Waarzegger en Jan Twyfelaar over het onderwerp van afscheiding tusschen de Oostelyke en Westelyjke Provincie]]'' (approximately "between Klaas the Soothsayer and Jan the Doubter") is a book of  dialogues by [[Klaas Waarzegger]] (''nom de plume'' of ,  [[Louis Henri Meurant]], 1811/182/1813 - 1893)
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This was a collection of well-known and influential "[[Zamenspraake]]" ("dialogues") which Meurant published in  ''[[The Cradock News]]'' in 1860, under the pseudonym '''[[Klaas Waarzegger]]''' ("Klaas Soothsayer"). Focussed on  the split between the Eastern and Western provinces, they were entitled .
 
 
 
According to [[Ludwig Binge]] (1969) his literary persona, the crusty Calvinist "[[Klaas Waarzegger]]",  also became an influential model for later writers and playwrights such as [[Melt Brink]], [[C.J. Langenhoven]], [[D.C. Postma]] and the "coloured" characters used by of later writers. This work was no doubt informed by the writings of [[Charles Etienne Boniface]] and [[Joseph Suasso de Lima]]zamanspraak or samespraak (duologue) as a literary and journalistic vehicle for argument and satire.
 
 
 
Collected in book form and first published in 1861, they were considered to be the first published book in [[Afrikaans]].
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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