2 volumes. First edition 1936.
First volume.
My Pygmy and Negro Hosts.
Black cloth cover with gilt title to spine.
287 pages + 20 page publishers catalogue.
Frontispiece photo plate.
52 illustrations over 30 pages.
2 maps.
Sporadic spotting.
Second volume.
Revisiting My Pygmy Hosts.
Black cloth cover with gilt title to spine.
288 pages + 16 page publishers catalogue.
Frontispiece photo plate.
51 illustrations over 30 pages.
2 fold-out maps [23 x 50].
Sporadic spotting.
Paul Schebesta (1887-1967) was a Jesuit missionary, ethnologist,
linguist, and physical anthropologist and undertook the first
anthropological studies of the people of the Ituri Forest, of what
is now called the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Over his lifetime, he made 4 trips to the Congo in 1929/30;
1934/35; 1949/50; 1954/55. He learned Swahili, dialects in eastern
Sudan and mastered several dialects of the Bambuti. He worked
without need of an interpreter for the latter two trips in which he
recorded various dialects for posterity and study. The Bambuti gave
him the honorary title of Baba wa Bambuti, which made him one of
them and was a recognition of his personal commitment to the
survival of these people.
[Biographical Entry Paul Schebesta, ANTHROPOS].
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- Overall Condition: Very good
- Size: 24 x 16 cm
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