for the first time in Afrikaans, the Kama Sutra has been translated by Ilse Carla Groenewald. Illustrations by Marna Schoeman, Diek Grobler and Hardus Koekemoer.

1. Unisa Press:
AFRIKAMASUTRA –
it all makes sense /
Al die sinne praat saam
Hetta Pieterse

2. A classic work in translation /
'n Werk vir elke boekrak
The Sanskrit original by Vatsayana:
an ancient perspective speaks into this generation
Classic work in translation: A sense of an ancient world
An academically minded translator: Dr Ilse Carla
Groenewald, creative writing specialist
Into the Afrikaans idiom: a formal tone, evoking the original
The rhythm of the text: slow & musical incantations; poetic
A world first for Afrikaans: widening the scope of its
literature – stimulating the minds and senses

3. UNISA PRESS @ WORDFEST 2013
A multilingual focus
Afrikaans as an African
language

4. AFRIKAMASUTRA @ UNISA PRESS
• Double-blind peer reviewing procedures followed
• Books & journals, across a wide range of disciplines
• Largest academic press in Africa, based on journals count
• Adding value: specialist editing; a collector's edition
• Adding the recipes: ‘Deel 5: Resepte en Rate’
• Taking the book further: an e-book, an audio-book planned

5. AFRIKAMASUTRA –
proe die unieke Afrikaans
A condensed version in Afrikaans:
shorter than the original text, adding to its accessibility
Sharp & pithy language, yet swaying with an old-world charm
An antique text finds a home in Afrikaans, with wide media reaction:
'Afrikaners kama soen'
'Soen dat die sop so spat'
A registered brand: 'Afrikamasutra'

6. The vision of the translator,
Dr Ilse Carla Groenewald … or Zaza ...
Dynamic and vibrant vision behind the book
Born in Cape Town, educated at UCT
Unisa Lecturer: Afrikaans Creative Writing
Currently works as an academic publisher
Actively blogs and has a strong online presence
Meet Zaza … a passion for the sensual
Ilse’s vision for the book: the Afrikamasutra brand name
A growing online following: a strong social media buzz
Awakening the Afrikaner senses

7. • Traditionally, single or
unified look for an
academic book
• Stylistically challenging
• In favour of an
iconoclastic voice for
the book: Afrikaner
identity
• Working with world
presses: Savusa series,
Brill, the Netherlands
Breaking with convention:
Three artists into one book

8. • Hardus Koekemoer –
Expressive, whimsical;
lyrical, romantic.
• Loose brushwork, utopian
dreamscapes
• Ecstacy suggested with
ethereal shapes
• Floating and seemingly
weightless bodies
Hardus's touch

9. Marna Schoeman:
dancing India into SA
Vibrant colours, rhythm and
movement created in finely detailed
patterns
An Indian idiom in African context

10. Diek Grobler:
Fopspeen and beyond
Ghent visit 2013
Festival artist” Innibos, Mpumalanga, 2012
Animation; the stage; conceptually focused
Uniquely sardonic viewpoint
'Ons is nie almal so nie' /
Geen tipiese Afrikaner nie
http://www.fopspeen.co.za

11. Adding to the voice of the Afrikamasutra

12. Deel 5: Resepte en Rate
`Hoe om ander se harte aan jou eie te onderwerp:
tonikums en medisynes'
Flower and plant oils, medicinal ingredients from an ancient era
'Maniere om begeerte aan te wakker en verskeie eksperimente en resepte'
RESEPTE EN RATE @ AFRIKAMASUTRA ...

13. Sales: Blue Weaver
SA bookstores
Overseas: Eurospan & ISBS
Unisa Press marketing
Innocentia Mangena
Te 012 429 8964
mangei@unisa.ac.za
Hetta Pieterse
Commissioning Editor
Opdragredaktrise
pietehc@unisa.ac.za
0823751687
Tel 012 429 3182
KOOP DIE AFRIKAMASUTRA ...
… KONTAK ONS