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Chameleon Mountain - The Forbidden Love that Started a Dynasty
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Chameleon Mountain follows the fortunes of several generations of the Baartman family from the mid-18th century into the 20th century. It is a unique family, formed from the genes of a Khoikhoi woman and a Dutch settler.
The characters are as intriguing as the Swartberg Mountains which foster them. Ahad, the courageous shepherdess from whose loins came the first of the Baartman’s. Benji 80-years later, a man of temper and passion who settles in Die Hel, and Dan his son, who leaves the valley to find his fortune, a journey which takes him to the new diamond fields in Kimberley, to the House of Assembly in Cape Town and finally into the Second Anglo-Boer War.
Interacting with them are a rich cast of supporting actors; !Ka the brave Khoikhoi clan leader, Isaac, wise and selfless, the first of the Baartman’s, Tess, pretty daughter of a klower, Caroline, beautiful and fey and Josie, who has the wit and resolve to survive the British concentration camps.
The characters are as intriguing as the Swartberg Mountains which foster them. Ahad, the courageous shepherdess from whose loins came the first of the Baartman’s. Benji 80-years later, a man of temper and passion who settles in Die Hel, and Dan his son, who leaves the valley to find his fortune, a journey which takes him to the new diamond fields in Kimberley, to the House of Assembly in Cape Town and finally into the Second Anglo-Boer War.
Interacting with them are a rich cast of supporting actors; !Ka the brave Khoikhoi clan leader, Isaac, wise and selfless, the first of the Baartman’s, Tess, pretty daughter of a klower, Caroline, beautiful and fey and Josie, who has the wit and resolve to survive the British concentration camps.
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