Ethnography from the mission field : : the Hoffmann Collection of Cultural Knowledge / / by Annekie Joubert ; in collaboration with Gerrie Grobler, Inge Kosch, Lize Kriel.

• Author: Hoffmann, C. 1868-1962.
• TeilnehmendeR: Joubert, Annekie, 1961-; Grobler, G. M. M.; Kosch, I. M.; Kriel, Lize.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : Brill.; c2015.
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (1169 p.)
• Notes: Translation from German to English by Klaudia Ringelmann.; "The texts that were documented by Hoffmann and which are the focus of our research in this publication, were written in the Semamabolo (Mamabolo) dialect, which is close to the standardised form [of Northern Sotho]. To make these texts more accessible they have been rendered in the current official orthography in accordance with the Northern Sotho Terminology and Orthography rules No. 4 (Department of Education and Training 1988)."--Chapter 29.

In Ethnography from the Mission Field: The Hoffmann Collection of Cultural Knowledge Joubert and others offer a translated and annotated edition of the 24 ethnographic articles by missionary Carl Hoffmann and his local interlocutors published between the years 1913 and 1958. The edition is introduce...