In India and East Africa E-Indiya Nase East Africa - A Travelogue in Isixhosa and English

An edited and translated edition of South African educationist and politician DDT Jabavu's isiXhosa travelogue; an account of his 1949 journey to India and East Africa.

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Edited by Tina Steiner, Mhlobo Jadezweni, Catherine Higgs, and Evan M. Mwangi

Summary

D.D.T. Jabavu’s account of his journey to India in 1949, in the original isiXhosa and with an English translation by Cecil Wele Manona. Chapters by the volume editors provide biographical context for the travelogue, and commentary on its contribution to the archive of African-language literature and thought.

Product details

• Authors: Catherine Higgs, D.D.T. Jabavu, Davidson Don Tengo Jabavu, Davidson Don Tengo Steiner Jabavu, Mhlobo Jadezweni, Evan M Mwangi, Evan M. Mwangi, Tina Steiner
• Assisted by: Catherine Higgs (Editor), Mhlobo Jadezweni (Editor), Evan M Mwangi (Editor), Evan M. Mwangi (Editor), Tina Steiner (Editor), Cecil Wele Manona (Translation)
• Publisher: Wits University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9781776144761
• ISBN: 978-1-77614-476-1
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Reiseführer, Afrikanische Geschichte, Indischer Subkontinent, History - General History, HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia, HISTORY / Africa / East, TRAVEL / Special Interest / Literary