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The Native tribes of the Transvaal

The Native tribes of the Transvaal

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African HistoryAnthropology

ISBN10: 9353603897
ISBN13: 9789353603892
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 30 2019
Pages: 164
Weight: 0.47
Height: 0.38 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
On the Transvaal frontier, cultures met under unequal terms. The frontier left deep traces. The Native Tribes of the Transvaal captures a pivotal moment in South African tribal history, when indigenous South African cultures were first being described systematically for European readers. Written from within the colonial era Transvaal, this African ethnography classic brings together careful observation of Transvaal indigenous peoples with the revealing assumptions of its time, making it a compelling historical anthropology study as well as a document of empire. Across its chapters, it records tribal customs and traditions, social structures, law, belief and daily life, offering a rare contemporaneous portrait of communities on the edge of rapid change in the wider story of British colonial Africa studies. For readers of colonial history nonfiction and for African studies students seeking an authoritative anthropology study reference book, this volume opens a direct window onto sources rarely approached outside specialist archives. Its frank period voice allows present-day scholars and curious general readers alike to trace how knowledge about Africa was gathered, categorised and used, enriching debates in South African frontier history and the study of indigenous South African cultures. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure, ideal both for regular reading and for classic-literature collectors of British colonial Africa studies.

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