Kafir Stories

Kafir Stories PDF Author: William Charles Scully
Publisher: New York : H. Holt
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Category : Xhosa (African people)
Languages : en
Pages : 220

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Kafir Stories

Kafir Stories PDF Author: William Charles Scully
Publisher: New York : H. Holt
ISBN:
Category : Xhosa (African people)
Languages : en
Pages : 220

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Kafir Stories

Kafir Stories PDF Author: Charles William Scully
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ISBN: 9781428082984
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 120

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Kafir Stories: Seven Short Stories

Kafir Stories: Seven Short Stories PDF Author: William Charles Scully
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ISBN: 9781017503302
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Kafir Stories

Kafir Stories PDF Author: William Scully
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104

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Book Excerpt: pposed times had changed since he was young, but in his day no old man would be so treated by the son of his best friend. Maliwe remained silent for some time, and then said politely that he was a servant, and had to be content with what food his master gave him. Breaking up some tobacco in his hand, he reached it over to Kalaza, asking if he cared, to smoke. Kalaza refused the offer, saying that since becoming old he had been unable to enjoy tobacco on an empty stomach. He then sighed heavily, and sat looking at the fire until the silence became oppressive. By and by Maliwe asked if he would not go to sleep, and then Kalaza began to wax indignant. "You call yourself a man," he said, "and you let your father's best friend die of hunger. Did I not know you had been circumcised, I should think you were still a boy." "Friend of my father," replied Maliwe, "I have given you all I have. Do you want to eat my dog?" "Given me all you have? What are those animals that I hear bleating outsi Read More

Kafir Stories

Kafir Stories PDF Author: W C Scully
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781500703295
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 78

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THIS is how it all happened. They met at the canteen on Monday morning at eight o'clock-Jim Gubo, the policeman, and Kalaza, who had just been released from the convict station where, for five long years, he had been expiating a particularly cruel assault with violence upon a woman. 'Ntsoba, the fat Fingo barman, leant lazily over the counter, but as the regular customers for the morning "nip" had all departed, and no one else had yet come, he went outside and sat in the sunshine, smoking his oily pipe with thorough enjoyment. He did not in the least mind leaving Jim Gubo in the canteen, because Jim and he had long since come to an understanding, and this with the full approval of the proprietor. Jim was, so to say, free of the house, and got his daily number of tots of poisonous "dop" brandy measured out in the thick glass tumbler, the massive exterior of which was quite out of proportion to the comparatively limited interior space.

Kafir Stories

Kafir Stories PDF Author: William Charles Scully
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781512121803
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 98

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"Kafir Stories" from William Charles Scully. One of South Africa's best-known authors (1855-1943).

The Essential Kafir

The Essential Kafir PDF Author: Dudley Kidd
Publisher: London, Black
ISBN:
Category : Bantu-speaking peoples
Languages : en
Pages : 864

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The Káfirs of the Hindu-Kush

The Káfirs of the Hindu-Kush PDF Author: Sir George Scott Robertson
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Category : Afghanistan
Languages : en
Pages : 688

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Kafiristan, or "The Land of the Infidels," was a region of eastern Afghanistan where the inhabitants had retained their traditional pagan culture and religion and rejected conversion to Islam. The Káfirs of the Hindu-Kush is a detailed ethnographic account of the Kafirs, written by George Scott Robertson (1852-1916), a British administrator in India. With the approval of the government of India, Robertson made a preliminary visit to Kafiristan in October 1889, and then lived among the Kafirs for almost a year, from October 1890 to September 1891. Robertson describes his journey from Chitral (in present-day Pakistan) to Kafiristan and the difficulties he encountered in traveling about the country and in gaining information about the Kafir culture and religion. The latter, he writes, "is a somewhat low form of idolatry, with an admixture of ancestor-worship and some traces of fire-worship also. The gods and goddesses are numerous, and of varying degrees of importance or popularity." Robertson describes religious practices and ceremonies, the tribal and clan structure of Kafir society, the role of slavery, the different villages in the region, and everyday life and social customs, including dress, diet, festivals, sport, the role of women in society, and much else that he observed first-hand. The book is illustrated with drawings, and it concludes with a large fold-out topographical map, which shows the author's route in Kafiristan. In 1896 the ruler of Afghanistan, Amir 'Abd al-Rahman Khan (reigned 1880-1901), conquered the area and brought it under Afghan control. The Kafirs became Muslims and in 1906 the region was renamed Nuristan, meaning the "Land of Light," a reference to the enlightenment brought by Islam.

Savage Childhood

Savage Childhood PDF Author: Dudley Kidd
Publisher: New York : Negro Universities Press
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 406

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The Essential Kafir

The Essential Kafir PDF Author: Dudley Kidd
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 858

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