book chapter
The life of a South African tribe: vol. 1
Macmillan and Co., Limited • London • Published In 1927 • Pages:
By: Junod, Henri Alexandre.
Abstract
The author, a missionary and head of the Swiss Romande Mission at Lourenco Marques, lived for many years among the Thonga and knew them intimately. Suggestions for reform of Thonga customs and beliefs have been kept to a minimum and appear for the most part at the ends of chapters. In this study Junod made use not only of his own knowledge and observations of the Thonga but also of Thonga informants, whose names are indicated in parentheses in the text. Note: Frequent references are made in the text to the Latin notes which appear on pages 513-520. Translation of these notes was made into English for HRAF by Richard Neuse, and the translation appears in brackets along with the Latin text.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2010
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Southern Africa
- Document Type
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Missionary
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ruth Heffner ; 1953
- Field Date
- 1895-1909
- Coverage Date
- 1895-1927
- Coverage Place
- South Africa
- Notes
- Henri A. Junod
- Pages omitted from the file: 290-309 inclusive, dealing with kinship systems of other tribes
- LCSH
- Tsonga (African peoples)