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Auction #118 begins on 03 Oct 2024

Stuart (James)

THE JAMES STUART ARCHIVE OF RECORDED ORAL EVIDENCE RELATING TO THE HISTORY OF THE ZULU AND NEIGHBOURING PEOPLES

edited and translated by C. de B. Webb and J.B. Wright

Published: University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg, 1976-2001

Edition: First edition

Reserve: $125

Approximately:

Estimate: $175

Bidding opens: 3 Oct 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 10 Oct 16:30 GMT

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5 volumes (xxix, 381 pages; xxv, 334 pages; xxii, 370 pages; xxv, 445 pages; xxi, 446 pages): illustrations, genealogical tables. (Killie Campbell Africana Library. Manuscript series; numbers 1-5). Cloth, dust wrappers. Spotting on page edges.

The archive left by former Natal civil servant James Stuart has proved a gold mine for historians. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries Stuart collected oral evidence from around 200 people. The resulting archive has been described as “one of the richest sources available” on the language, literature and the history of the African peoples of Natal, Zululand and Swaziland. "The Stuart archive has been much in demand over the last decade or so by lawyers and land claimants because of the information they contain". The KZNP website.

 
   

 

  • Jacket Condition: Excellent
  • Binding Condition: Excellent
  • Overall Condition: Excellent
  • Size: All 25 x 18 cm


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