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URL:https://www.afcapetown.co.za/events/charles-etienne-boniface-and-the-f
 rench-shipwreck-1829-or-how-to-annoy-your-cape-town-neighbours/
SUMMARY:Charles-Etienne Boniface and the French Shipwreck (1829): or\, how 
 to annoy your Cape Town neighbours.
DESCRIPTION:\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nConference led by Doctor Culpin | 13.03.24 | 
 from 18:00 to 20:30 – AF du Cap\,155 Loop Street\n\nCharles Etienne Bon
 iface was born in Paris in 1787\, but fled the country with his family at 
 the age of 12. After a decade of wandering that took him to the Seychelles
  and Mozambique\, he reached Cape Colony in 1807 and quickly became a lead
 ing figure in the cultural life of Cape Town. Boniface earned his living i
 n part as a teacher of singing and the Spanish guitar\, and was also a swo
 rn translator at the Supreme Court. At the same time he pursued an active 
 career as a writer\, poet\, dramatist and journalist\, and was a virulent 
 critic of both individuals and institutions in Cape Town. His best-known w
 ork today is the Narrative of the Shipwreck of the French Vessel the Eole 
 (1829)\, which was probably the first book printed in French at the Cape. 
 The narrative retells the story of the survivors of the shipwreck\, from t
 he time they were washed up on the Wild Coast until their safe arrival in 
 Cape Town. But why did a poet and dramatist attempt a task so unlike anyth
 ing he had done before? This presentation will take a fresh look at Bonifa
 ce’s shipwreck narrative\, republished by the National Library of South 
 Africa in 2012\, showing how he used techniques frequently found in travel
  narratives\, not just to tell a tale of daring-do\, but to continue his o
 ngoing practice of annoying his Cape Town neighbours!\nCopies of the Narra
 tive of the Shipwreck of the French Vessel the Eole will be for sale at th
 e presentation\, at a price of R220 (cash only).\n\nBooking essential on Q
 uicket: link
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