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Ethnography from the Mission Field : The Hoffmann Collection of Cultural Knowledge.

Joubert, Annekie.

Ethnography from the Mission Field : The Hoffmann Collection of Cultural Knowledge. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (1169 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Contributors -- Summarised Preview -- Documentary Film "A Journey into the Life of a Mission-Ethnographer" -- Database: "Hoffmann Collection of Cultural Knowledge" (HC-CK) -- Introduction -- In and from the Field: A Journey into the Life of a 'Mission-Ethnographer' and His Co-Producers (Joubert) -- Part 1. -- Historic Contextualisation (Kriel) -- Part 2. -- Corpus of Hoffmann's Ethnographic Articles ( Grobler, Joubert and Kosch ) -- Rites of Passage -- Article 1 (1913). Engagement and Marriage among the Sotho People in the Woodbush Mountains of the Transvaal-Peeletšo le lenyalo Basothong ba Lebowa ba Dithabeng tša Woodbush go la Transfala -- Article 2 (1915). The Initiation School of the Sotho People in the Woodbush Mountains of the Transvaal-Koma ya banna ya Basotho ba Lebowa ba Dithabeng tša Woodbush go la Transfala -- Folklore: Stories from the Transvaal -- Article 3 (1915). Folktales and Stories of the Natives in Northern Transvaal-Dinonwane le dikanegelo tša Basotho ba Lebowa -- Article 4 (1916). Folktales and Stories of the Natives in Northern Transvaal-Dinonwane le dikanegelo tša Basotho ba Lebowa -- Article 5 (1916). Folktales and Stories of the Natives in Northern Transvaal-Dinonwane le dikanegelo tša Basotho ba Lebowa -- Article 6 (1916). Folktales and Stories of the Natives in Northern Transvaal-Dinonwane le dikanegelo tša Basotho ba Lebowa -- Mother and Child -- Article 7 (1928). Sotho Texts from the Woodbush Mountains in the Transvaal-Dingwalwa tša Sesotho tše di tšwago Dithabeng tša Woodbush go la Transfala -- Witchcraft, Gods, Prophets, Spirits and Totems -- Article 8 (1928/29). Sotho Texts from the Woodbush Mountains in the Transvaal-Dingwalwa tša Sesotho tše di tšwago Dithabeng tša Woodbush go la Transfala. Article 9 (1930/31). Sotho Texts from the Woodbush Mountains in the Transvaal: Totems and Prohibitions-Dingwalwa tša Sesotho tše di tšwago Dithabeng tša Woodbush go la Transfala: Meano le Dikganetšo -- Article 10 (1931/32). Sotho Texts from the Woodbush Mountains in the Transvaal: Spirits That Are with Some Stones and Other Things and Witchcraft-Dingwalwa tša Sesotho tše di tšwago Dithabeng tša Woodbush go la Transfala: Moya wo o nago le maswika a mangwe le ge e le dilo tše dingwe le boloi -- Article 11 (1932). Sotho Texts from the Woodbush Mountains in the Transvaal: The Soul in Death and after Death-Dingwalwa tša Sesotho tše di tšwago Dithabeng tša Woodbush go la Transfala: Moya wa motho mohlang wa lehu le ka morago ga lehu -- Land, Laws and Punishment -- Article 12 (1933/34). Sotho Texts from the Woodbush Mountains in the Transvaal: Legal Practices of the Northern Sotho People-Dingwalwa tša Sesotho tše di tšwago Dithabeng tša Woodbush go la Transfala: Tirišo ya melao ya Basotho ba Lebowa -- Article 13 (1933/34). Sotho Texts from the Woodbush Mountains in the Transvaal: Legal Practices of the Northern Sotho People-Dingwalwa tša Sesotho tše di tšwago Dithabeng tša Woodbush go la Transfala: Tirišo ya melao ya Basotho ba Lebowa -- Article 14 (1933/34). Sotho Texts from the Woodbush Mountains in the Transvaal: Legal Practices of the Northern Sotho People-Dingwalwa tša Sesotho tše di tšwago Dithabeng tša Woodbush go la Transfala: Tirišo ya melao ya Basotho ba Lebowa -- Article 15 (1933/34). Sotho Texts from the Woodbush Mountains in the Transvaal: Legal Practices of the Northern Sotho People-Dingwalwa tša Sesotho tše di tšwago Dithabeng tša Woodbush go la Transfala: Tirišo ya melao ya Basotho ba Lebowa -- People, Politics and Government. Article 16 (1937/38). Sotho Texts from the Woodbush Mountains in the Transvaal: Political Organisation-Dingwalwa tša Sesotho tše di tšwago Dithabeng tša Woodbush go la Transfala: Peakanyo ya borerapušo -- Article 17 (1937/38). Sotho Texts from the Woodbush Mountains in the Transvaal: Political Organisation-Dingwalwa tša Sesotho tše di tšwago Dithabeng tša Woodbush go la Transfala: Peakanyo ya borerapušo -- Article 18 (1937/38). Sotho Texts from the Woodbush Mountains in the Transvaal: Political Organisation-Dingwalwa tša Sesotho tše di tšwago Dithabeng tša Woodbush go la Transfala: Peakanyo ya borerapušo -- Home, Habits and Conduct -- Article 19 (1956). Customs and Traditions of the Sotho People in Northern Transvaal-Mekgwa le botlwaelo bja Basotho ba Transfala-Lebowa -- Article 20 (1956). Customs and Traditions of the Sotho People in Northern Transvaal-Mekgwa le botlwaelo bja Basotho ba Transfala-Lebowa -- Article 21 (1957). Customs and Traditions of the Sotho People in Northern Transvaal-Mekgwa le botlwaelo bja Basotho ba Transfala-Lebowa -- Article 22 (1957). Customs and Traditions of the Sotho People in Northern Transvaal-Mekgwa le botlwaelo bja Basotho ba Transfala-Lebowa -- Article 23 (1958). Customs and Traditions of the Sotho People in Northern Transvaal-Mekgwa le botlwaelo bja Basotho ba Transfala-Lebowa -- Article 24 (1958). Customs and Traditions of the Sotho People in Northern Transvaal-Mekgwa le botlwaelo bja Basotho ba Transfala-Lebowa -- Obituary -- In Remembrance of Missionary C. Hoffmann (Kähler-Meyer) -- Part 3. -- Orthographic Developments and Grammatical Observations (Kosch) -- Appendix -- Maps, Drawings and Photos -- References -- Index of Subjects, Names and Places -- Index of Northern Sotho Terms, Names and Phrases -- Reverse Index (English-Northern Sotho).

In Ethnography from the Mission Field: The Hoffmann Collection of Cultural Knowledge Joubert et al. offer a translated and annotated edition of the 24 ethnographic articles by Missionary Carl Hoffmann and his local interlocutors between the years 1913 and 1958.

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Hoffmann, C. (Carl), 1868-1962.
Sotho (African people)--South Africa--Transvaal--Social life and customs.
Ethnology--South Africa--Transvaal.
Oral tradition--South Africa--Transvaal.
Northern Sotho language--Texts.
Missions, German--South Africa.


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