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.
• Other title: Front Matter /; In and from the Field: A Journey into the Life of a ‘Mission-Ethnographer’ and His Co-Producers --; Historic Contextualisation /; Corpus of Hoffmann’s Ethnographic Articles /; Article 1 (1913). Engagement and Marriage among the Sotho People in the Woodbush Mountains of the Transvaal—Peeletšo le lenyalo Basothong ba Lebowa ba Dithabeng tša Woodbush go la Transfala /; Article 2 (1915). The Initiation School of the Sotho People in the Woodbush Mountains of the Transvaal—Koma ya banna ya Basotho ba Lebowa ba Dithabeng tša Woodbush go la Transfala /; Article 3 (1915). Folktales and Stories of the Natives in Northern Transvaal—Dinonwane le dikanegelo tša Basotho ba Lebowa /; Article 4 (1916). Folktales and Stories of the Natives in Northern Transvaal—Dinonwane le dikanegelo tša Basotho ba Lebowa /; Article 5 (1916). Folktales and Stories of the Natives in Northern Transvaal—Dinonwane le dikanegelo tša Basotho ba Lebowa /; Article 6 (1916). Folktales and Stories of the Natives in Northern Transvaal—Dinonwane le dikanegelo tša Basotho ba Lebowa /; Article 7 (1928). Sotho Texts from the Woodbush Mountains in the Transvaal—Dingwalwa tša Sesotho tše di tšwago Dithabeng tša Woodbush go la Transfala /; Article 8 (1928/29). Sotho Texts from the Woodbush Mountains in the Transvaal—Dingwalwa tša Sesotho tše di tšwago Dithabeng tša Woodbush go la Transfala /; Article 9 (1930/31). Sotho Texts from the Woodbush Mountains in the Transvaal: Totems and Prohibitions—Dingwalwa tša Sesotho tše di tšwago Dithabeng tša Woodbush go la Transfala: Meano le Dikganetšo /; Article 10 (1931/32). Sotho Texts from the Woodbush Mountains in the Transvaal: Spirits That Are with Some Stones and Other Things and Witchcraft—Dingwalwa tša Sesotho tše di tšwago Dithabeng tša Woodbush go la Transfala: Moya wo o nago le maswika a mangwe le ge e le dilo tše dingwe le boloi /; Article 11 (1932). Sotho Texts from the Woodbush Mountains in the Transvaal: The Soul in Death and after Death—Dingwalwa tša Sesotho tše di tšwago Dithabeng tša Woodbush go la Transfala: Moya wa motho mohlang wa lehu le ka morago ga lehu /; Article 12 (1933/34). Sotho Texts from the Woodbush Mountains in the Transvaal: Legal Practices of the Northern Sotho People—Dingwalwa tša Sesotho tše di tšwago Dithabeng tša Woodbush go la Transfala: Tirišo ya melao ya Basotho ba Lebowa /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 1121-1127) and indexes.
• ISBN: 9004297723
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Annekie Joubert ; in collaboration with Gerrie Grobler, Inge Kosch, Lize Kriel.

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 introduced by a historic contextualisation using a cultural historical approach to analyse the contexts in which Hoffmann’s ethnographic texts were produced. Making use of historical material and Hoffmann’s own words from personal diaries and letters, the authors convincingly draw the attention to the discursive context in which the texts annotated in this book had been compiled. In a concluding chapter the book traces the captivating developments of the orthography of Northern Sotho through Hoffmann’s texts over almost half a century. Brill has made the documentary film “A Journey into the Life of a Mission-Ethnographer” which is interlinked with this book available online via its online channels. To access it please click here . The digital database of the “Hoffmann Collection of Cultural Knowledge” (HC-CK) can be accessed by clicking here . It is an amalgamation of digital scans, images and video footage relating to missionary Carl Hoffmann’s work and life on various mission stations, made available by the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin.