Divided by the word : colonial encounters and the remaking of Zulu and Xhosa identities / Jochen S. Arndt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arndt, Jochen S., 1972- author.

Series:

Reconsiderations in Southern African History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zulu language--History.

Zulu language.

Zulu (African people)--Ethnic identity.

Zulu (African people).

Language and culture--History--South Africa.

Language and culture.

South Africa--Ethnic relations--History.

South Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (347 pages)

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville, Virginia : University of Virginia Press, [2022]

Summary:

"This book argues that foreign missionaries and their African interlocutors deliberately forged separate Zulu and Xhosa languages in the nineteenth century, tracing the consequences of this imposed linguistic division through the twentieth century"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Notes on Terminology

Introduction

1. "What Does Stick to People-More Than Their Language-Is Their Isibongo"

2. "Surrounded on All Sides by People That Differ from Them in Every Point, in Color . . . and in Language"

3. "All Speak the Caffre Language"

4. "Their Language Had an Affinity with That of Both of These Nations"

5. "The Natives. In What Respects, If Any, Do They Differ from the Southern Caffres?"

6. "To Speak Properly and Correctly, viz. Uku-Kuluma-Nje"

7. "Many People . . . Explain This Identity Primarily in Terms of the Language They Speak"

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Arndt, Jochen S. Divided by the Word

ISBN:

9780813947365