Johannesburg: Hortons Ltd. for the Transvaal Chamber of Mines, 1938. First edition. Tall 8vo., cloth, vi, 155 pp. with 40 full page sepia-tinted and captioned tissue-guarded photographs. 160x 250 mm. spine little discolored.
A comprehensive work on the language, folklore, social organization and customs of the Bantu.
Based on a series of lectures for senior (white) mine staff (the mining industry being a major employer of Bantu [black] labour) covering races, tribes, languages, folklore, music social organisation, etiquette etc. and intended to make whites aware of and sympathetic to black culture. Scarce copy with an even more scarce four page Hortons flyer announcing the imminent publication of the work.
- Binding Condition: Good
- Overall Condition: Good
- Size: 160x 250 mm
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