Genadendal - Travel & Tourism Guide Genadendal - Afrique Du Sud

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Genadendal, the Valley of Grace, is more symbolic than any other place in South Africa. Since its foundation in 1738, this mission of the Moravian Brothers has supported the small Hottentot community of Baviaans Kloof. The 5,000 people who now live in the houses around the church were, in some cases, driven out of Greyton, the neighbouring village that apartheid laws had placed in the "white" zone. In the age of democratic South Africa, a visit to Genadendal is of real interest, whatever one's view of the missionary enterprise in African history. We will discover a fascinating museum..