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A Rainbow in the Night: The Tumultuous Birth of South Africa by Dominique Lapierre (2009-11-03) (1st Edition) by Dominique Lapierre, Xavier Moro (Collaborator), Kathryn Spink (Translator) Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2009 ISBN-10: 0-306-81847-7 / 0306818477 ISBN-13: 978-0-306-81847-9 / 9780306818479 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 Godâ |