A living man from Africa : Jan Tzatzoe, Xhosa chief and missionary, and the making of nineteenth-century South Africa /
Levine, Roger S.
A living man from Africa : Jan Tzatzoe, Xhosa chief and missionary, and the making of nineteenth-century South Africa / Roger S. Levine. - New Haven [Conn. : Yale University Press, (c)2011. - 1 online resource (xiii, 291 pages, 16. pages of plates) : illustrations, maps. - New directions in narrative history .
"Published with assistance from the foundation established in memory of Amasa Stone Mather of the class of 1907, Yale College"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Kelso, Scotland, 1837 -- part 1. Xhosaland, 1810 -- Bethelsdorp, 1811-1815 -- Makana's Kraal, 1816 -- Kat River, 1816-1818 -- Fish River Valley, 1822 -- iQonce, 1825-1832 -- Buffalo River, 1833-1835 -- Queen Adelaide Province, 1835-1836 -- part 2. Darwin in Cape Town -- England, 1836 -- Great Britain, 1836-1838 -- part 3. Tzatzoe in Kuruman -- King William's Town, 1838-1845 -- British Kaffraria, 1845-1868 -- Epilogue.
Born into a Xhosa royal family around 1792 in South Africa, Jan Tzatzoe was destined to live in an era of profound change - one that witnessed the arrival and entrenchment of European colonialism. This title reclaims Tzatzoe's lost story and analyzes his contributions to, and experiences with, the turbulent colonial world.
9780300168594 9781299463523
Xhosa (African people)--Kings and rulers--Biography.
Missionaries--South Africa--Biography.
Christian biography--South Africa.
Social change--History--South Africa--19th century.
Electronic Books.
DT1768 / .L585 2011
A living man from Africa : Jan Tzatzoe, Xhosa chief and missionary, and the making of nineteenth-century South Africa / Roger S. Levine. - New Haven [Conn. : Yale University Press, (c)2011. - 1 online resource (xiii, 291 pages, 16. pages of plates) : illustrations, maps. - New directions in narrative history .
"Published with assistance from the foundation established in memory of Amasa Stone Mather of the class of 1907, Yale College"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Kelso, Scotland, 1837 -- part 1. Xhosaland, 1810 -- Bethelsdorp, 1811-1815 -- Makana's Kraal, 1816 -- Kat River, 1816-1818 -- Fish River Valley, 1822 -- iQonce, 1825-1832 -- Buffalo River, 1833-1835 -- Queen Adelaide Province, 1835-1836 -- part 2. Darwin in Cape Town -- England, 1836 -- Great Britain, 1836-1838 -- part 3. Tzatzoe in Kuruman -- King William's Town, 1838-1845 -- British Kaffraria, 1845-1868 -- Epilogue.
Born into a Xhosa royal family around 1792 in South Africa, Jan Tzatzoe was destined to live in an era of profound change - one that witnessed the arrival and entrenchment of European colonialism. This title reclaims Tzatzoe's lost story and analyzes his contributions to, and experiences with, the turbulent colonial world.
9780300168594 9781299463523
Xhosa (African people)--Kings and rulers--Biography.
Missionaries--South Africa--Biography.
Christian biography--South Africa.
Social change--History--South Africa--19th century.
Electronic Books.
DT1768 / .L585 2011