A Living Man from Africa; Jan Tzatzoe, Xhosa Chief and Missionary, and the Making of Nineteenth-Century South Africa

by Roger S. Levine

• ISBN13: 9780300125214
• ISBN10: 0300125216
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2010-12-21
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

Born into a Xhosa royal family around 1792 in South Africa, Jan Tzatzoe was destined to live in an era of profound change--one that witnessed the arrival and entrenchment of European colonialism. As a missionary, chief, and cultural intermediary on the eastern Cape frontier and in Cape Town and a traveler in Great Britain, Tzatzoe helped foster the merging of African and European worlds into a new South African reality. Yet, by the 1860s, he was an oppressed subject of harsh British colonial rule. In this innovative, richly researched, and splendidly written biography, Roger S. Levine reclaims Tzatzoe's lost story and analyzes his contributions to, and experiences with, the turbulent colonial world to argue for the crucial role of Africans as agents of cultural and intellectual change.

Author Biography

Roger S. Levine is assistant professor of history at Sewanee: The University of the South.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Maps	p. xiv
Introduction	p. 1
Kelso, Scotland, 1837	p. 7
Xhosaland, 1810	p. 11
Bethelsdorp, 1811-1815	p. 21
Makana's Kraal, 1816	p. 34
Kat River, 1816-1818	p. 49
Fish River Valley, 1822	p. 66
iQonce, 1825-1832	p. 74
Buffalo River, 1833-1835	p. 93
Queen Adelaide Province, 1835-1836	p. 106
Charles Darwin in Cape Town	p. 123
England, 1836	p. 125
Great Britain, 1836-1838	p. 142
Tzatzoe in Kuruman	p. 161
King William's Town, 1838-1845	p. 163
British Kaffraria, 1845-1868	p. 175
Epilogue	p. 193
Notes	p. 197
Bibliography	p. 265
Index	p. 283
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