Paul Weinberg South African, b. 1956
Ratelgat is the spiritual home of the Griqua, a group of Khoi people. It was founded by Paramount Chief Andrew le Fleur and is now a heritage site, Vredendal district, Northern Cape, 2019-21
colour digital archival print on Hahnemühle Photo rag 308 gsm paper
sheet size: 59.4 x 84.1 cm
edition 10+2AP
signed and numbered in pencil in the margin
Ratelgat is the spiritual home of the Griqua, a group of Khoi people, who have lived in various parts of South Africa for over 200 years. Founded by Paramount Chief...
Ratelgat is the spiritual home of the Griqua, a group of Khoi people, who have lived in
various parts of South Africa for over 200 years. Founded by Paramount Chief Andrew le
Fleur, Ratelgat is now a heritage site. As Yvette le Fleur, the representative of the Griqua
National Conference expressed it, “For us the acquisition of this piece of land is not only an
inheritance in the land itself but even more significant to the Griqua, is the inheritance of the
spirit of our ancestors; who could survive through very difficult circumstances the onslaught
of colonialism on this very arid piece of land in the heart of the succulent Karoo.”
