C. Johan Bakkes

Casparus Johan "C. Johan" Bakkes (born 21 October 1956, Stellenbosch) is a noted South African writer. He is the son of Cas and Margaret Bakkes and the brother of Christiaan Bakkes, Marius, and Matilde Bakkes.

He is married to artist Nanna Vorster-Bakkes. Aqualified Chartered Accountant (SA), he is also a full-time professor at the University of the Western Cape in Cape Town, where he lectures Management Accounting.^[1]

Works

His published works consist of essays, most dealing with his travel experiences.

• Moer toe die vreemde in (2001)
• Nou's ons in ons donner (2006)
• To Hell and Gone (2008) (an English translation of the essays contained in the two books above)
• Nørrevøk (2008)
• samoe(r)sa reis (2010)
• Oepse Daisy (2011)
• Openbaring (2016)