Trekking in South Central Africa 1913-1919 Doke, C. M. (Edited By Robert K. Herbert)
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Trekking in South Central Africa 1913-1919 (ISBN: 1868142310 / 1-86814-231-0)
Doke, C. M. (Edited By Robert K. Herbert)
Book Description: Witwatersrand University Press, Republic of South Africa, 1993. Quarto. xl + 210 pp. Illustrated in black & white. Wrappers slightly rubbed. "Trekking in South Central Africa is a lively re-telling of the journey undertaken by C. M. Doke and his father, the Reverend Joseph J. Doke, from South Africa to the area known as Lambaland in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) in 1913, and of Doke's subsequent residence among the Lamba people during a seven-year period as a missionary.Clement M. Doke (1893-1980) was founding Professor of African Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand.He made numerous scholarly contributions to the ethnographic and linguistic study of African peoples, including the Lla, Lamba, Shona, Sotho, Zulu as well as the Bushmen of the Kalahari. His "Lambas of Northern Rhodesia (1931) is justifiably rated as one of the most outstanding ethnographies of Central Africa. Prior to his appointment to the University in 1923, C. M. Doke worked as a missionary for the South African Baptist Mission Society". Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good +. Binding: Pictorial Wrappers. Jacket: No Jacket - As Issued. Wrappers rubbed. Bookseller Inventory # 00802
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