Chameleon Mountain - The Forbidden Love that Started a Dynasty

Chameleon Mountain follows the fortunes of several generations of the Baartman family from the mid-18th century into the 20th century. It is a unique family, formed from the genes of a Khoikhoi woman and a Dutch settler. The characters are as intriguing as the Swartberg Mountains which foster them. Ahad, the courageous shepherdess from whose loins came the first of the Baartman’s. Benji 80-years later, a man of temper and passion who settles in Die Hel, and Dan his son, who leaves the valley to find his fortune, a journey which takes him to the new diamond fields in Kimberley, to the House of Assembly in Cape Town and finally into the Second Anglo-Boer War. Interacting with them are a rich cast of supporting actors; !Ka the brave Khoikhoi clan leader, Isaac, wise and selfless, the first of the Baartman’s, Tess, pretty daughter of a klower, Caroline, beautiful and fey and Josie, who has the wit and resolve to survive the British concentration camps.