Lions + Virgins
t is often said that South Africa-although part of the great mass of Africa north of it-is irredeemably tied to European thought and civilization.
This book is an attempt to investigate the historical validity of this claim in the very small field of heraldic and kindred symbols.
Many of these symbols were born out of struggle, and because-among us-the past is often still alive, they have lost little of their capacity to evoke violent sentiments.
Being born in a country closely associated with the history of South Africa, the writer sometimes experienced similar feelings. He hopes that this has not prevented him from presenting an objective picture of past events. In cases where one feels inclined to think that he has failed, one may perhaps remember that the truth sometimes has more aspects than one.
C. PAMA
Summer 1965
Amstelhof, Riverside Road Newlands, Cape