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Tsuni-Goam: The Supreme Being of the Khoi-Khoi

Theophilus Hahn, 1881

Summary

A pioneering study of Khoikhoi (Nama) religion, mythology, and oral tradition by the son of a Rhenish missionary who grew up speaking Khoikhoi. Hahn's intimate knowledge gave his work a depth rare among nineteenth-century ethnographers — an essential source for pre-colonial Khoikhoi spiritual life and oral literature.

Topics

Khoikhoi, San, Religion, Pre-colonial, Language, Nama, Oral tradition

Bibliographic Information

Author
Theophilus Hahn
Year
1881
Language(s)
English, Nama
Period
Cape Colony
Perspective
Early European observer
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