Bantu Folk Lore (Medical and General) by Matthew L. Hewat
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"Bantu Folk Lore (Medical and General)" by Matthew L. Hewat is a detailed ethnographic study written in the early 20th century. The work explores the medical beliefs, practices, and cultural lore of the Bantu tribes, providing valuable insight into their healing methods and societal structures. The book serves to document practices that were rapidly vanishing due to the influences of colonialism and modernization, thus capturing a crucial piece of cultural history. The
opening of the text presents a contextual background in which the author discusses his personal experiences among the Bantu people in the border districts of the Cape Colony. He emphasizes the urgency of documenting their medical folk lore, as traditional practices are being overshadowed by Western civilization. Hewat introduces topics such as the importance of the Bantu tribes’ herbal remedies, the role of witchcraft in their understanding of illness, and the various superstitions that underpin their medical practices. Through detailed observations and references to contributions made by local informants, the opening lays the groundwork for a thorough examination of how the Bantu people interpret health, disease, and the natural world around them. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Hewat, Matthew L. |
|---|---|
| LoC No. | tmp96032994 |
| Title | Bantu Folk Lore (Medical and General) |
| Original Publication | South Africa: T. Maskew Miller,1906. |
| Credits | Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 67.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | GN: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Anthropology |
| LoC Class | GR: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Folklore |
| Subject | Traditional medicine -- South Africa |
| Subject | Pondo (African people) |
| Subject | Xhosa (African people) |
| Subject | Zulu (African people) |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 67597 |
| Release Date | Mar 9, 2022 |
| Last Update | Oct 18, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 429 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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