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History and English Literature at the University of South Africa (UNISA). Sleigh then completed a MA Degree cum laude, followed by a Doctorate in History in 1987 at the University of Stellenbosch. His research dealt with the Dutch Seaborne Empire (1602 -1795),
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His massive 2002 novel, Eilande (Islands), was published 20 years after Sleigh had begun it. It won many awards, starting with the Sanlam/Insig/Kwela Groot
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From 1960 until 1962, Sleigh studied to become a
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