Notebooks
Story: Dorothea Bleek - Book BC151_A3_009
Title
Dorothea Bleek - Book BC151_A3_009
Collection
Summary
Notebook. Words and sentences and geneaologies, personal history. Bechuanaland.
Comments
1) p.301: 6.6.18. Kaiki. 2) p.301v&302: Details of Kaiki's family and details about her marriage; 3) p.315v-6v: Kaiki's personal history - when she was small, how the women dug for onions, men knocked over ant hills, women sifted 'rice', children killed birds with stones, cooking of onions; 4) p.317&v: 14.6.18. Names and genealogies of Bushmen (Hans, Ou Lies) and personal histories, relations with others ('Kafirs' etc) in same place; 5) p.318v-319&v: Custom and daily life: cooking, eating, poison, utensils, making beer from honey; 'he throws the wishbones and they tell the future'; 6) p.320-21: 16.6.18. Kaiki. Words and descriptions including dancing and making and drinking honey beer; 7) p.329v: Names and personal history of some Namaquas and Bushmen; 8) p.330: Wednesday 19.8.18. 9) p.332: Personal history of Ou Sol or ||ollenki (Dorki's father) and Jacob or |ßon|gake and their relations and emploment; 10) p.332v: 21.6.18 Kaiki; 11) p.334v: Personal history of Dorki.
Contributors
Date
1918-06-01T00:00:00.000
Categories
Words and sentences, History (personal)
Story Pages
1-53
