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Stef Bos
Steven "Stef" Bos (born 12 July 1961 in Veenendaal) is a Dutch singer who has been living in Cape Town, South Africa. He sings in Dutch (and occasionally in Afrikaans), and has been successful in Belgium, the Netherlands and South Africa ever since his breakthrough single "Papa" (''Daddy'') came out in 1990. He wrote Belgium's entry into the 1989 Eurovision Song Contest, "Door De Wind".Barclay, Simon (2010) ''The Eurovision Song Contest Lugano 1956 - Oslo 2010: Complete & independent Guide'', lulu.com, , p. 88 Stef recorded an album (''Together as One'') in 1993 on which he worked together with Johannes Kerkorrel and Tandie Klaasen, two famous South African singers. From that moment on he fell in love with South Africa, the language Afrikaans Afrikaans (, ) is a West Germanic language that evolved in the Dutch Cape Colony from the Dutch vernacular of Holland proper (i.e., the Hollandic dialect) used by Dutch, French, and German settlers and their enslaved people. Afr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veenendaal
Veenendaal () is a municipality and a town in central Netherlands, located in the province of Utrecht. Veenendaal is the only population centre within its administrative borders. The municipality had a population of 67.601 inhabitants on 1 january 2022 and covers an area of . History The original village was founded in the middle of the 16th century as a peat colony from which it got its name. ''Veen'' is the Dutch word for fen and ''daal'' for dale. The village was administratively part of two nearby towns, which were themselves part of two different provinces of the Dutch Republic. The southern half belonged to Rhenen in Utrecht, the northeastern half to Ede in Guelders. In 1795, with the arrival of French troops in the country and inspired by the ideas of the French Revolution, the citizens declared their independence. When turmoil of the Napoleonic era was settled and the Netherlands was reformed as a monarchy, only the southern part would retain its independence. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
