Johann and Michele Hamman
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Tourism |
| Occupation | Tour Guide, Military Historian and Free Lance Journalist |
| Location | Dundee, KZN, South Africa |
| Introduction | I am a tour guide in Dundee, KZN, in South Africa, and I have my own Bed & Breakfast, from where I conduct battlefield and nature tours in Kwazulu-Natal. My wife Michele is a potter, textile and fashion designer and artist of repute. She makes coil pots, slab work, colours textiles and will do wheel work when the fancy takes her. I graduated from the University of the Orange Free State with a B.A. in Military History and a Masters in Political Science, as well as a Master of Philosophy in Shipping Law from the University of Cape Town and a postgraduate diploma in law from the University of Brussels. I am a former police officer, member and treasurer of the Dundee Diehards Re-enactment Team and the curator of the Endumeni/Isandlwana Moth Shellhole Museum in Dundee. I traveled extensively, and spent a year in Europe, where I obtained a postgraduate diploma in European and International Law at the Free University of Brussels. I dabble in the military history of the Anglo Boer Wars and the Zulu War of 1879, law and the lure of brave deeds of ages past. I also write about it and free lance for the Northern Natal Courier |
| Interests | Military History, Touring, Reading, Harley-Davidson motorcycles, German Shepherd dogs, walking, rugby, cricket |
| Favorite Movies | All three Lord of the Rings movies, A Bridge Too Far, Saving Private Ryan, The Longest Day, The Black Stallion, The Black Stallion Returns, An Unfinished Life, The Devil wears Prada |
| Favorite Music | Chris Rea - Road to Hell, Auberge, Cameron Mackintosh's Les Miserables, Meatloaf's Bat out of Hell, Magna Carta's Lord of the Ages, De la Rey |
| Favorite Books | Legion of the Damned by Sven Hassel, The Scramble for Africa by Thomas Pakenham, A History of Warfare by Montgomery of Alamein, The Great Boer War by Byron Farwell, Waiting for the Barbarians by JM Coetzee |