We interview the incredible researcher and historian, Dr Grant Christison, about Robert Grendon. Poet, scholar, botanist, auxiliary soldier, journalist, politician, talented sportsman, and grandson of a famous Herero leader, Robert Grendon is one of the most extraordinary people in South African history. What is incredible is that he has been almost entirely forgotten.

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