Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网’s Professor George Euvrard, psychologist and educator, will launch a ground-breaking book, JDE: The Original South African Cryptic Crossword, a collection of crossword puzzles inspired by African heritage.
The launch event will feature two guest Speakers; Sandy Balfour - an international crossword aficionado and best-selling author along with Professor Russell Kaschula who is the NRF SARChI Chair: Intellectualisation of African Languages, Multilingualism & Education at Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网.
Euvrard launched the pilot to the series of crossword puzzles with Grocott’s Mail in 2015 and so far, he has created 100 crossword puzzles for Grocott’s Mail and the Mail & Guardian.
According to him, every major English newspaper in South Africa has a regular cryptic crossword, but they are syndicated from the United Kingdom and are London-centric in identity, culture, and worldview.
“Over the past few years, I have been researching and developing a uniquely South Africanised cryptic crossword that is in the classic English genre but with a proudly local identity and outlook in terms of people, heritage, and language,” Euvrard said.
Euvrard is also the co-founder of the Polar Plunge, a Grahamstown mid-winter swim across Grey Dam – and the Indlela yoBuntu pilgrimage from Grahamstown to Cape Town.