B1.1 WHI Bleek Natal Diary, c. 1855-1856. English and German.
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B1.1 WHI Bleek Natal Diary, c. 1855-1856. English and German.
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Date
c. 1855-1856
Description
Wilhelm Bleek arrived in Natal with Bishop Colenso in May of 1855. He spent 18 months in Natal and Zululand doing linguistic and ethnographic research. Bleek published some material on his work during this period, but his diary was only translated and published with contextual notes and illustrations by Otto Spohr in 1965. The book: The Natal Diaries of Dr W.H.I. Bleek 1855-1856, is now out of print.
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