The Life of a South African Tribe

by Henri-Alexandre Junod

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Genres: History

2 pages, Hardcover

First published January 9, 2010

Reviews

[Joe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Swiss missionary Henri-Alexandre Junod distinguished himself by writing a series of books on the life and customs of the Bantu-speaking native peoples of southern Mozambique. In certain respects, his viewpoint is predictably that of a Christian missionary of his day. Nevertheless, Junod is sensitive to the warmth of community life among the people he ministered to and is appreciative of their arts, crafts, folk literary tradition, and music. He conveys as much of their history and language as space allows; indeed, it is to Junod that we owe the first European grammar of the Ronga language. In still other writings, Junod is effusive about the beauty of the African landscape on the one hand and sharply critical of the prejudices with which so many Europeans of his day think of Africans. In general, then one might say that Junod approaches his work with scruple and tries to give as complete a picture of traditional life in the Mozambique he knew and grew to love.

[Dumisani Ndubane · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am eternally grateful to this Swiss missionary and his work concerning my tribe people. We have not disappeared as you had feared, but you r writings offer me a glimpse of so much that has changed ever since 1908.