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Orality, literacy, and colonialism in southern Africa / edited by Jonathan A. Draper.
Library at the Katz Center - Stacks P95 .O698 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Semeia studies (Brill Academic Publishers) ; no. 46.
- Semeia studies ; no. 46
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Oral communication--Africa, Southern--History.
- Oral communication.
- Written communication--Africa, Southern--History.
- Written communication.
- History.
- Africa, Southern--History.
- Africa, Southern.
- Southern Africa.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 270 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2004.
- Summary:
- Literacy is essentially about the control of information, memory, and belief, and with colonialism in Southern Africa came the Bible and text-based literacy monitored by missionaries and colonial authorities.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-267).
- ISBN:
- 9004130861
- OCLC:
- 53954130
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