231 mm x 152 mm, gatefolds, 144 pages RRP: R200, ISBN 978-1-4152-0073-5 Publication date: April 2009, Category: Non-Fiction Click here to visit Antoinette’s own website. Slide Show Click here to view some of the photographs in The Griqua's Apprentice. (1,247 Kb download) Description When Afrikaans singer and actress Antoinette Pienaar first stood before renowned Griqua healer Oom Johannes Willemse, he said: ‘So you have arrived here at last, Juffrou!’ For almost forty years Oom Johannes had been dreaming of a woman in a red bakkie to whom he would transfer his knowledge – knowledge passed from grandfather to grandson since the dawn of time. After a seven-year apprenticeship, Antoinette now writes about the healing powers of Karoo herbs. About how they can move you – for Oom Johannes’s approach heals not only body, but also soul. In The Griqua’s Apprentice you hear the warm voice of Antoinette as thousands of people have come to know it on radio and on stage. With insight and empathy, and always ready with an anecdote, she shares her knowledge and Oom Johannes’s wisdom compassionately and wholly. Enriched with photographs, stories, advice and indices, The Griqua’s Apprentice is as much a reference as it is a storybook. From The Griqua’s Apprentice, page 35 One afternoon, shortly after I had started learning from him, Oom Johannes solemnly showed me two different herbs. Smiling broadly, he said, ‘These are the two herbs that have made you healthy, Juffrou.’ Demonstrating with his thumb and index finger, he said, ‘This is a pinch, so if I say take a pinch of this one and two pinches of that one you know what I mean.’ And so I started to discover the intricacies of measuring herbs and prescribing them. Patiently, and always with the hint of a smile, my wise teacher pointed out the same plant over and over again until my eyes were open sufficiently for the herbs to be able to talk to me. To read on The Griqua’s Apprentice is also available in Afrikaans as Kruidjie roer my. Translated reviews of Kruidjie roer my Kruidjie roer my is not a medical text book but a textbook of the heart. Everything comes from Antoinette’s heart. Follow it and you will experience her healing. – Amore Bekker, presenter of Kruie kraai koning on RSG The joy is in the endearing way of Antionette’s explanations and advice for each ailment. – Theuns Botha, Landbouweekblad Read a review on LitNet by Dawie van Velden. View a video clip of Antoinette Pienaar and Oom Johannes Willemse talking about Kruidjie roer my. Read a review by Janet van Eeden here. To buy this book www.exclusivebooks.com www.kalahari.net home   writers   books   contact   buy   rights all content © Umuzi, Random House Struik this website designed and maintained by Guanaco.co.za