THE BANTU-SPEAKING PEOPLES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA,

xxii + 525pp., hardback, d.w. spine faded, spine titled in gilt, illus., maps, pencil notations throughout, top edge foxing, Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, Second Edition, London, (1937) 1974

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“I. Schapera’s ethnographic survey of the Bantu-speaking tribes of South Africa, before they were affected by the intrusion of Western civilisation, was first published in 1937. This pioneering study was the first of its kind. This completely revised and rewritten edition of Schapera’s classic work constitutes an up-to-date, definitive account of the Bantu-speaking peoples of the Republic of South Africa and the surrounding territories. New South African contributors record all known details of the physical characteristics and traditional cultures of these peoples, while also documenting the major social, cultural, and economic changes that have occurred since the arrival of the white man.”