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Koos Kombuis
André Letoit
Noms de plume of André le Roux du Toit
Foto found at www.boekwurm.co.zaPoet, singer, entertainer and author of several books and CDs
André le Roux du Toit was born on 5 November 1954 in Cape Town.
The family moved often, and Koos - he was given the nickname Koos at school -
grew up in Riversdale, Paarl, Wellington, Kuruman and in Bellville, before the
family settled in Stellenbosch.
At the age of three he taught himself to read ("from the back of Cornflakes
boxes") and spured on by their maid who wanted him to read to her the comics in Die Burger. By the age of ten he had typed "a dozen of novels" on his father's type
writer.
He found school very boring. After matric from Paul Roos Gymnasium in
Stellenbosch, he joined the Army for a
year and afterwards tried his luck in all kinds of jobs, until Bennie-Fritz,
story editor at Huisgenoot, became aware of André's story telling talent. He liked what Koos had sent in
and asked for more. Koos hitchhiked to Cape Town and became a free-lance
story writer for the next two years. Under the name of André Letoit he
published poems, short stories and novels: 3 poetry collections, 3 volumes of
short stories, 4 novels and 1 collection of letters.
After a few years, André bought a guitar, changed his name to Koos Kombuis and
started to write songs.
He is now much in demand as a singer and an entertainer and has published
several CDs. Koos writes a column for the
newspaper Rapport and the website Litnet.He is married to Kannetjie and has a son and a daughter, Simon and Marleen.
Koos A. Kombuis has always instilled fear in the hearts of conservative
Afrikanerdom. Thank God.
...
He was part of a group of maverick Afrikaans musicians, who, under the
collective name of Voëlvry, toured campuses across South Africa, liberating Afrikaans from the shackles
of its past. No longer was Afrikaans the exclusive property of the Nationalist
Party or the Dutch Reformed Church.....
Sam Woulidge (Read the article on Koos Kombuis)
...the "Mystery CD", by the way, was actually "greatest hits", which was
compiled and released by Anton Goosen through Gallo without my permission.Books:
Paradise Redecorated
Suburbia (Afrikaans poems), Perskor, 1982; 2. edition Protea Boekhuis, 2003
Die Geel Kafee (Afrikaans poems), Perskor, 1985; 2. edition Protea
Boekhuis, 2003
Die Tweede Reën, Bitterkomix, 1998, (a collection of earlier poems, - written
under the influence of drugs, he says)
Seks&Drugs&Boermusiek (Autobiography), Human&Rousseau, 2000
Koos se songs, Human & Rousseau, 2001/03
My Mamma is 'n Taal, Human&Rousseau (Compilation of articles), 2001
Hotel Atlantis (Futuristic novel), Human&Rousseau, 2002
The secret diary of God (Satire), Zebra Press, 2003
Afrikaans my Darling, Human & Rousseau, 2003
Raka: Die Roman, 2005
The Complete Secret Diaries of God
(Satire), Human & Rousseau, 2008
CDsVer van die Ou Kalahari (JNS Musiek)
Niemandsland and Beyond (JNS Musiek)
Elke Boemelaar se Droom (GALLO)
Madiba Bay (Wildebeest Records)
Blameer dit op Apartheid (with Warm Blankes, Wildebeest Records)
Mona Lisa (Wildebeest Records)
Blou Kombuis (JNS Musiek)
Mystery CD (GALLO)
Equilibrium (Rhythm Records)
Greatest Hits
Jaar in die son (with Valiant Swart)
Voelvry - die tour (with die Gereformeerde Blues Band and Johannes Kerkorrel and Bernoldus
Niemand)
Die oorspronklike alternatiewe Afrikaanse rock 'n roll opstokery.London Show - die Video (Gatskop Produksies)
"Nou woon ek in ‘n nice huis, met ‘n dak wat lek, by die see, ek ry ‘n Nissan
Sentra, en ek het ook ‘n vrou, 'n baby, ‘n grassnyer, ‘n weed-eater, en M-Net
(ek spaar nog vir DSTV).
My ma, wat nog leef (my pa is onlangs oorlede), is baie trots op my!"
Koos Kombuis
Favourite books:
The Fall, Albert Camus
Triomf, Marlene van Niekerk
Raka, NP van Wyk Louw
21, Jan Rabie
The Little Prince
Hemel op aarde, Tinus Horn
Desolation Angels, Jack Kerouac
Duiwelskloof, André P Brink
Harry Potter
Kontrei, Kleinboer
Lord of the Rings
Whale Nation, Heathcote Williams
Country of my Skull
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