Diviners and prophets among the Xhosa (1593-1856) : a study in Xhosa cultural history /
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| Author / Creator: | Mabona, Mongameli. |
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| Imprint: | Münster : Lit ; New Brunswick, NJ : Distributed in North America by Transaction, c2004. |
| Description: | 463 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Ethnologie Ethnologie (Münster in Westfalen, Germany) |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5769414 |
| Summary: | " The South African anthropologist, Dr M. Mabona, uses the main title of this book as a convenient platform to launch an investigation into the roots of Xhosa culture and history. Many of the findings break new ground in Southern African anthropology and history such as: the original stock of the Bantu peoples arose from a cradle-land between the Orange and Vaal rivers in South Africa; the word `Guinea' is identical with the Xhosa `ebu Nguni' (Nguniland); Xhosa as well as Bantu history stretches back 50'000 years ago into the Middle Stone Ages (MSA) and into the Acheulian Age - the age of hominisation; the basic paradigmatic structure of Bantu speech; Xhosa thought structures; the fundamental relationship between the Xhosa language and mythology. " |
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| Physical Description: | 463 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 446-463). |
| ISBN: | 3825867005 |
