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Ten Weeks in Natal: A Journal of a First Tour of Visitation Among the Colonists and Zulu Kafirs of Natal

John William Colenso, 1855

Summary

Bishop Colenso's journal of his first tour of his new diocese. Colenso — later famous for his defence of the Zulu people — records his early impressions of settler society and Zulu communities with characteristic directness. The beginning of a remarkable engagement with Natal and Zulu affairs.

Topics

Natal, Zulu Kingdom, Missionaries, Anglican, Colonial society, Colenso

Bibliographic Information

Author
John William Colenso
Year
1855
Language(s)
English
Period
Natal
Perspective
Missionary observer
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