South Africa in Records from Colonial Missionaries, 1819-1900 - Volumes
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Zululand
These documents reveal the challenges facing missionaries wishing to convert indigenous people in Zululand and Swaziland. Wary chiefs, alongside people who held a deep attachment to their existing belief system, presented a real—and entirely understandable—challenge to Christian missionaries. This volume reveals how the latter responded by resorting to a tried and tested missionary tactic: incentivising engagement with their creed by distributing food. Read more →
