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Rashid L. Van der Merwe
Children's librarian in Stellenbosch
- 🇿🇦 Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa
- Stellenbosch Reading Room
- 1984 to 2022
- English
For 38 years I looked after the shelves, the card catalog and the regulars at Stellenbosch Reading Room.
I ran the Saturday reading group and the summer reading challenge. I walk the dog by the river.
It has been a good run and I'm grateful for all of it.
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If you ever returned a book late to me, you're forgiven.
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The library was my safe place and you were why. Greetings from Paarl.
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