Michael Wessels
Author
Publisher
Wits University Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (344 pages)
Language
English
Description
The Bleek and Lloyd Collection consists of the notebooks in which William Bleek and Lucy Lloyd transcribed and translated the narratives, cultural information and personal histories told to them in the 1870's by a number of /Xam informants. It represents a rare and rich record of an indigenous language and culture that no longer exists. The /Xam materials have exerted a fascination for anthropologists and poets alike. They are compromised, mysterious,...