The Livingstones at Kolobeng 1847-1852 – Janet Wagner Parsons

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Projects in Malawi and researched missionary settler history in Botswana and Malawi, weaving strands into fabric of life in Africa. Janet Wager Parsons the author, has restored two national monuments in Malawi and published to promote historical preservation. She is also and Associate in African Studies
It is surely remarkable that, amongst the many studies of David Livingstone which have been published since his death in 1873, none has examined adequately the significance for Livingstone’s life and legend of the period which he, his wife Mary and his emerging family spent at Kolobeng in the land now known as Botswana. An important start was made on this subject by Professor I. Schapera in his invaluable editions of Livingstone’s correspondence and papers, notably in his incisive account of the Boer sack of Kolobeng in 1852, in his publication for the Van Riebeeck Society of Cape Town in 1974 and Livingstone’s South African Papers. But it has taken almost half a century since then for a scholar to rise to the total challenge of Kolobeng.
First Edition. Hardcover. Excellent condition with near perfect dust wrapper. Free from any ink inscriptions internally. Tightly bound. Illustrations. Index. Maps. 230 clean pages