Bakkes, Christiaan
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Fuller Name
- Christiaan Mathys
Additional Information
Birth Date
- 1965-08-03
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Wilderness Safaris (Firm)
Birth Place
- Vredenburg (South Africa)
Associated Language
- Afrikaans
Associated Language
- English
Occupation
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Sources
- found: Die lang pad van Stoffel Mathysen, 1998:t.p. (Christiaan Bakkes)
- found: SANB correspondence with author, October 2, 1998(full name: Bakkes, Christiaan Mathys; date of birth: August 3, 1965)
- found: NB Publishers, June 5, 2014Authors (Christiaan Mathys Bakkes was born on August 3 1965 in Vredenburg on the West Coast. He matriculated in 1983 at the Pro Arte Art School in Pretoria. Christiaan was a game ranger in the Kruger National Park when he lost his left arm in February 1994 after two crocodiles attacked him while he was swimming in a dam. He travelled through Africa for five months after his recovery, worked for the WWF in the Kaokoveld in Namibia for three years, after which he worked for a safari company that conducted eco tours at the Skeleton Coast. He is currently a guide and area manager at Wilderness Safaris in Namibia. He lives in Damaraland in the northwest of Namibia) - http://www.nb.co.za/authors/3037
LC Classification
- PT6592.12.A39
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Change Notes
- 1998-10-02: new
- 2020-06-24: revised
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