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Ten Years North of the Orange River: A Story of Everyday Life and Work Among the South African Tribes

John Mackenzie, 1871

Summary

Mackenzie spent a decade as a missionary among Tswana peoples north of the Orange River. This account covers Tswana social life, religion, and political organisation in considerable depth, alongside detailed accounts of San communities encountered in the interior — a rich ethnographic source for the mid-colonial period.

Topics

Tswana, Bechuanaland, Missionaries, London Missionary Society, Interior, San

Bibliographic Information

Author
John Mackenzie
Year
1871
Language(s)
English
Period
Cape Colony
Perspective
Missionary observer
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