Scope and Contents As a conscientious objector to military service in South Africa, Boshoff served a prison term and wrote this political tract in made-up language for security reasons. The single original page of writings is numbered 24. The remainder of the original manuscript (pages 1-23) is held by a South African Bank. The photocopied text of the 23 manuscript pages is unique and done by Boshoff. A single page provides the key to the code writing. The original page is matted and stored in a box with other drawings by Boshoff. From Boshoff "word forms and language shapes," Boshoff writes the following: Although I only began making BANGBOEK in 1978, the idea for the work originated in 1973, when I was 22. In response to a powerful religious call, I angered my parents by aborting my art studies in the final year, and instead became a lay preacher. The South African Defence Force (SADF) made things worse, pulling me in for yet another of the army's compulsory training camps. To my mind the army was...