Afrikaanse Schetsze

Afrikaanse Schetsze ("Afrikaans sketches") was the title given to a series of comical sketches written by Melt J. Brink and published in the periodical The Knobkerrie, under the pseudonym Koos Rijmzak in 1884.

They were the first of Brink's works to be written the form of Dutch-Afrikaans that had begun to develop in the Cape, and in his case, his own version thereof, which would later be referred to as "Brink Afrikaans" by some commentators.

Sources

D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik.

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