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A.A. Balkema Publishers is a publishing house in Cape Town.

Also referred to as A.A. Balkema or simply Balkema.

Founded by the Dutch and South African bookseller August Aimé Balkema (1906-1996)[1] in 1946.

Besides historical and academic publications, also a publisher of innovative and controversial literary works, including playtexts, such as Guy Butler's, including The Dam (1953), Cape Charade (1968) and Take Root or Die (1970); Athol Fugard's The Coat and Don Maclennan's and The Third Degree (in one volume, subtitled "Two Experiments in Improvisation", 1971),

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 Also referred to as [[A.A. Balkema]] or simply [[Balkema]].
-Publisher of what is known as the [[Albany Series]] of books on the 1820 settlers.
+Founded by the [[Dutch]] and South African bookseller August Aimé Balkema (1906-1996)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Aim%C3%A9_Balkema] in 1946.
+Besides historical and academic publications, also a publisher of innovative and controversial literary works, including playtexts, such as [[Guy Butler]]'s, including ''[[The Dam]]'' (1953), ''[[Cape Charade]]'' (1968) and ''[[Take Root or Die]]'' (1970); [[Athol Fugard]]'s ''[[The Coat]]'' and [[Don Maclennan]]'s and ''[[The Third Degree]]'' (in one volume, subtitled "Two Experiments in Improvisation",  1971),
+==Sources==
+https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Aim%C3%A9_Balkema
+https://openlibrary.org/publishers/A.A._Balkema
-Besides historical and academic publications, also a publisher of literary works, including playtexts, such as [[Guy Butler]]'s, including ''[[The Dam]]'' (1953), ''[[Cape Charade]]'' (1968) and ''[[Take Root or Die]]'' (1970); [[Athol Fugard]]'s ''[[The Coat]]'' and [[Don Maclennan]]'s and ''[[The Third Degree]]'' (in one volume, subtitled "Two Experiments in Improvisation",  1971),