Guillaume Chenu De Chalezac, The ‘french Boy’ (African Society) – Van Riebeeck Society

**The Story of a Huguenot Castaway in 17th-Century South Africa.**

This Van Riebeeck Society volume presents the narrative of Guillaume Chenu de Chalezac, a teenage Huguenot refugee. After being shipwrecked on the Ciskei coast in 1687, the “French boy” spent a formative year living among the Xhosa people. The book recounts his unique experiences, his subsequent rescue by the *Centaurus* along with survivors of the *Stavenisse*, and his service at the Cape before his return to Europe, offering rare early insights into Xhosa life.