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History of South Africa Since September 1795

By: George McCall Theal

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History of South Africa Since September 1795

By: George McCall Theal

A detailed history of South Africa between 1795-1894, discussing the political history of the country, first published in 1908.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108023649

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9781108023641

Kaffir Folk-lore

By: George McCall Theal

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George McCall Theal (1837-1919) was the most prolific and influential South African historian, archivist and genealogist of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. He left home early and lived briefly in the United States and Sierra Leone before emigrating to South Africa. There he became a teacher but soon moved to journalism, publishing, and an unsuccessful stint as an amateur diamond miner, all in South African frontier communities. His career as a historian began with the publication of his Compendium of South African History and Geography in 1873 following his return to teaching. He spent five years at the Lovedale Seminary outside Alice in the Eastern Cape, working amongst missionaries and Africans. He had taught first at an elementary school in Knysna and from 1867 at a public school in King William's Town, later to become Dale College. He had also been editor of three minor British Kaffrarian newspapers between 1862 and 1865, and later worked for the Kaffrarian Watchman in King William's Town, where he printed his first contribution South Africa as It Is in 1871. His other works include: Kaffir Folk-Lore (1882), Boers and Bantu (1886) and The Republic of Natal (1886).

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154

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1409950042

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9781409950042

White Supremacy

A Comparative Study of American and South African History

By: George M. Fredrickson

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White Supremacy

A Comparative Study of American and South African History

By: George M. Fredrickson

The history of race relations on two continents is enormously enriched by this comparative study

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Oxford University Press

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0199840482

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9780199840489

XHOSA FOLK & FAIRY TALES - 21 Xhosa children's stories from Nelson Mandela's homeland

By: George McCall Theal

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XHOSA FOLK & FAIRY TALES - 21 Xhosa children's stories from Nelson Mandela's homeland

By: George McCall Theal

Xhosa Folk & Fairy Tales contains 21 Xhosa folk and fairy tales for children plus a section on the Proverbs and Figurative Expressions of the Xhosa. Nelson Mandela, or Madiba, was a Xhosa and these are the stories he would have been told as a boy. Herein you will find stories like: The Story of Sikulume The Story pf Mbulukazi The Story of Long Snake The Story of Kenkebe The Story of The Wonderful Horns The Story of The Glutton The Story of The Great Chief Of The Animals; to name but a few. Like Native Americans and most other African folk and fairy stories, each story carries a moral as they were used to teach children the morals and lessons they would carry with them through life. Despite this, they are also extremely amusing and entertaining. But the tribes of South Eastern Africa were not as isolated as many would think. Long before the Europeans arrived on the coast of South East Africa, Indians and Arabians had been trading regularly along this coast, mostly for gold and slaves and often venturing far inland to obtain either or both. There was also frequent contact with, at least, the neighbouring tribes of the Bechuana, the Zulu, the Sotho, the Qwa Qwa and the Gariep. Indeed, many locally crafted items found their way North to the ancient city-state of Great Zimbabwe, some even making it as far afield as India and Arabia. In the days long before Radio, TV and the Internet, many a traditional story would have been shared around a blazing campfire and it is with this mix of Indian, Arabian and inter-tribal African cultures that stories, or fragments of stories, would have been swapped with the peoples they met. So, if one of these stories should ring with familiarity, you don’t have to look far to find the reason for it. ================ KEYWORDS/TAGS: Xhosa folklore, folk tales, Fairy Tales, African myths, African legends, fables, childrens stories, childrens books, storyteller, Bird That Made Milk, Five Heads, Tangalimlibo, Girl, Disregard for Custom Of Ntonjane, Simbukumbukwana, Sikulume, Hlakanyana, Demane And Demazana, Runaway Children, Wonderful Feather, Ironside And His Sister, Cannibals, Wonderful Bird, Cannibal Mother, Children, Mbulu, monster, creature, Mbulukazi, Long Snake, Kenkebe, Wonderful Horns, Glutton, Great Chief, Animals, Hare, Lion, Little Jackal, Proverbs, Figurative Expressions, south east Africa, south Africa, Xosa, click language, nelson Mandela, Nguni, Swazi, Sotho, Bechuana, Qwa Qwa, India, Arabia, Gariep, Transkei, kei river,

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