Cape Colony · Missionary observer
Travels and Researches in Caffraria
Stephen Kay, 1833
Summary
Wesleyan missionary Stephen Kay provides a detailed account of Xhosa society, the eastern frontier, and the first major frontier wars of the 1820s. Kay documented social structure, religious beliefs, and the mounting pressures of colonial encroachment with more ethnographic precision than many contemporaries.
Topics
Xhosa, Frontier, Missionaries, Wesleyan, Cape Colony, Frontier Wars
Bibliographic Information
- Author
- Stephen Kay
- Year
- 1833
- Language(s)
- English
- Period
- Cape Colony
- Perspective
- Missionary observer
- Access
- Full view