Summary In this article I focus on the use of botanical tropes in Die jagters van Bloedeiland (1958), a popular fiction text from the colonial era set in the Congo (D.R.C.). It forms part of the adventure series Die Swart Luiperd (1949-1962), whose titular hero is a white Afrikaner dressed in a black leopard costume. His mission is to guard the tropical jungle against “outsiders” who attempt to access the treasures of Africa. Amongst these are European botanists, whose feverish exploration of “undiscovered” plant species – reminiscent of the “orchid hunting” of the Victorian era – renders them vulnerable to abduction by hostile indigenous tribes. The Black Leopard is portrayed as a particular brand of conservationist figure: the white Afrikaner “insider” hero who has an intimate knowledge and love of Africa, and adheres to a strict moral code. While this series represents Africa as both rich (evoking the “Eldorado” trope), and “dark” in the Conradian sense, its hero is unambiguously noble. In his aversion for Western civilisation and love of the wild the Black Leopard may seem to embody the perfect balance between “whiteness and wildness” (see Leon de Kock 2006), but his idealised characterisation firmly roots him in the prevailing Afrikaner nationalism of the era.

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“殖民植物学”：1949 年至 1962 年在刚果 (DRC) 和中非流行的南非荷兰语小说中的保护主义者和兰花猎人

总结 在本文中，我重点介绍了 Die jagters van Bloedeiland (1958) 中植物学比喻的使用，这是一部以刚果 (DRC) 为背景的殖民时代的流行小说。它是冒险系列 Die Swart Luiperd (1949-1962) 的一部分，其名义英雄是一位身穿黑色豹纹服装的白人南非荷兰人。他的任务是保护热带丛林免受试图接触非洲宝藏的“外来者”的侵害。其中包括欧洲植物学家，他们对“未被发现的”植物物种的狂热探索——让人想起维多利亚时代的“兰花狩猎”——使他们容易被敌对的土著部落绑架。黑豹被描绘成一个特殊的环保主义人物品牌：白人南非白人“内幕”英雄，对非洲有着深入的了解和热爱，并遵守严格的道德准则。虽然这个系列将非洲描绘为既富有（唤起“黄金国”比喻），又在康拉德意义上的“黑暗”，但它的主人公无疑是高贵的。黑豹对西方文明的厌恶和对荒野的热爱似乎体现了“白与野”之间的完美平衡（见 Leon de Kock 2006），但他理想化的特征使他牢牢扎根于当时盛行的南非白人民族主义.