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A Rainbow in the Night : the Tumultuous Birth of South Africa.

In 1652 a small group of Dutch farmers landed on the southernmost tip of Africa. Sent by the powerful Dutch India Company, their mission was simply to grow vegetables and supply ships rounding the cape. The colonists, however, were convinced by their strict Calvinist faith that they were among God&#...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lapierre, Dominique
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Perseus Books Group, 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a CONTENTS; AUTHOR'S NOTE ix; MAPS x; PART ONE In Search of a New Promised Land 1; PART TWO The Prime Minister's Bulldozers 73; PART THREE Helen and Chris:Two Lights in the Darkness 129; PART FOUR "God Bless Africa" 179; EPILOGUE 237; APPENDIXES 243; IMAGE CREDITS 267; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 269; INDEX 271. 
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