Jakkals en Wolf
Jakkals en Wolf ("Fox/jackal and Wolf") is the general/generic Afrikaans title for a number of South Africa children's fables, featuring the battle between the sly fox and the slow-witted wolf.
Sometimes the names are inverted to Wolf en Jakkals.
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Origins of the Jakkals en Wolf stories
The characters and the basic interaction between them a familiar feature of South African life through the fables of the Khoi peoples, originally collated and retold by C.R. von Wielligh ()[].
This was enhanced by the engaging cartoons created by T.O. Honiball (1905-1990)[1]. The cartoons were a regular feature in Die Jongspan, an influential children's magazine, between 1942 and 1971, and were also collated in 14 published volumes between 1943 and 1978.
Other influences in establishing the Jakkals en Wolf tales as a national cultural treasure, were the collections of the tales collated and published by cultural historian Pieter W. Grobbbelaar (1930-2013)[2] and by author/publiser Leon Rousseau (1931-2016)[3]
Theatre versions of the stories
Wolf en Jakkals A set of three short puppet plays by Marie Kruger
The original text
The title is a collective one, the individual texts are subtitled as follows:
Wolf Leer Ken die Rondekop-gedierte
The texts are unpublished, but a bound copy of the original typed text was found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archives in 2022.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Jakkals hou sy Lyf Dokter performed by Matie Poppekas, directed by Marie Kruger, with puppeteers Erik de Waal and Lanelle .
Sources
Bound copy of the original typed text for the puppet plays titled Wolf en Jakkals, found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archives in 2022.
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