Fred de Vries

Fred de Vries is a Dutch writer and music fiend who moved to South Africa in 2003. He is the author of seven books, including Respect!, co-written with Toine Heijmans, which covers immigrant hip-hop culture in Europe; The Fred de Vries Interviews: From Abdullah to Zille; and Afrikaners, volk op drift, translated into Afrikaans as Rigtingbedonnerd, which was nominated for the Best Journalism Book and Best Travel Book in 2013. His 2006 work, Club Risiko, explores eighties underground culture in six cities, including New York and Johannesburg, and was nominated for the Gouden Uil book award in 2007.