Year''s Housekeeping in South Africa

Klappentext This 1877 publication vividly recounts the writer and journalist Lady Barker's experiences in colonial South Africa. Zusammenfassung In this 1877 publication! the widely-travelled Victorian writer Lady Barker describes her experiences in colonial South Africa. Barker moved to Natal in 1875 as the wife of the Colonial Secretary! and recorded her impressions of domestic life and the local landscapes! peoples and customs in the form of vivid letters. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Cape Town; 2. Along the coast; 3. Fair Natal; 4. First days; 5. Turning a sod; 6. Play and business; 7. The Kafir at home; 8. African weather and African scenery; 9. Zulu witches and witch-finders; 10. Kafir missions and missionaries; 11. A bazaar and a picnic in Africa; 12. Kafir weddings and kafir kraals; 13. Regulars and volunteers; 14. An expedition into the bush.

Product details

• Authors: Lady Mary Anne Barker, Mary Anna Barker, Mary Anne Barker
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2011
• EAN: 9781108029629
• ISBN: 978-1-108-02962-9
• No. of pages: 366
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - African Studies
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Social History, Memoirs, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Africa / South / Republic of South Africa, Republic of South Africa, Social and cultural history, African History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs