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In India and East Africa = E-Indiya nase East Africa : A travelogue in isiXhosa and English
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This volume includes D.D.T. Jabavu's account of his journey to India in 1949, in the original isiXhosa and with an English translation by Cecil Wele Manona. Chapters by the volume editors provide b...
This volume includes D.D.T. Jabavu's account of his journey to India in 1949, in the original isiXhosa and with an English translation by Cecil Wele Manona. Chapters by the volume editors provide biographical context for the travelogue, and commentary on its contribution to the archive of African-language literature and thought.
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- D.D.T. Jabavu ; translated by Cecil Wele Manona ; edited by Tina Steiner, Mhlobo W. Jadezweni, Catherine Higgs and Evan M. Mwangi
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- English, Xhosa
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- Johannesburg : Wits University Press, 2020
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- 1 online resource
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- 9781776144761, 1776144775, 9781776144808, 1776144805, 9781776144778, 1776144767
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- on1138109812, on1135666637, on1135476097
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Networks of Solidarity: D.D.T. Jabavu's Voyage to India -- Pacifist networks -- The conference space -- Fort Hare: A pan-African network of scholars -- Conclusion: Mutually implicated histories -- Revisiting D.D.T. Jabavu, 1885-1959 -- Notes on the Original and the Translation -- In Praise of Cecil Wele Manona, 1937-2013 -- E-Indiya nase East Africa -- Isahluko 1 -- Intshayelelo -- Ukunduluka -- Durban -- IKaranja -- Amazibuko -- Dar es Salaam -- Tanganyika -- Ukutya kwasenqanaweni -- Mombasa
- Bombay -- Imibono ngemibono -- Ilanga -- Ingcwaba -- Kwaloliwe -- Imilambo -- Ilizwe -- Isahluko 2 -- Calcutta -- Ulwamkelo -- Santiniketan -- Ababalulekileyo -- Tagore -- Ukusungulwa -- Ubushushu -- Imithandazo -- Ingxoxo -- Ingxinano -- Enkomeni -- Ukuzikhusela -- Ubuhlanga -- Ubuzwe -- Uqeqesho lwezazi -- Usuku lokugqibela -- Ebhomeni leeMango -- Isahluko 3 -- Bhazalala -- Ukubonwa kweIndiya -- IGanges -- UBuddha -- Allahabad -- New Delhi -- Himalaya -- Amaxhalanga -- IPalamente -- Iindidi zamaSundu -- Imbambosi -- Isahluko 4 -- Agra -- Taj Mahal -- Eminye Imibono -- Ukumka eAgra -- Amagama
- Intetho kaPrasad -- Imvaleliso -- Jawaharlal Nehru -- Uthwesozindwe -- Akakho amanxila -- Ukugoduka -- Isahluko 5 -- Nairobi -- Umkhenkenene -- Amabhotwe -- Isigqubo -- Umanyano ngamandla -- IPalamente -- Harry Thuku -- Ibhotwe lakhe -- Ukugxothwa kwakhe -- Imibono -- Eminye imibono -- Ukudlula eKenya -- Ucingo -- Isahluko 6 -- Uganda -- Indyebo yaseluGanda -- Imibono emangalisayo -- EJinja -- Kampala -- Umjikelezo -- Sir Harry Johnston -- C.M.S. Kisosonkole -- Iziganeko -- AbaGanda -- Idinala kubelungu -- Usuku lokugqibela eKampala -- Isahluko 7 -- Ukubuyela eMombasa -- Enqanaweni S.S. Aronda
- Amangcwaba -- Isiphango -- Isifiko -- In India and East Africa -- Chapter 1 -- Preface -- Departure -- Durban -- The S.S. Karanja -- Ports -- Dar es Salaam -- Tanganyika -- Food on the ship -- Mombasa -- Bombay -- Various sights -- The heat -- The grave -- At the railway station -- Rivers -- The country -- Chapter 2 -- Reception -- Santiniketan -- Eminent delegates -- Tagore -- The beginning -- Heat -- Prayers -- Discussion -- Overcrowding -- Continuation -- Self-defence -- Racism -- Nationalism -- The training of scientists -- The last day -- At the Mango Grove -- Chapter 3 -- We disperse
- Touring India -- Ganges -- Buddha -- Allahabad -- New Delhi -- Himalayas -- The vultures -- Parliament -- Types of palms -- The bamboo tree -- Chapter 4 -- Agra -- Taj Mahal -- More sightseeing -- Departure from Agra -- Names -- Prasad's speech -- Final issues -- Jawaharlal Nehru -- Graduation -- There are no drunkards -- Returning home -- Chapter 5 -- Nairobi -- The valley -- The royal residences -- A meeting place -- Unity is strength -- Parliament -- The palace of Harry Thuku -- His banishment -- Sightseeing -- Other wonders -- Leaving Kenya -- The telegram -- Chapter 6 -- Uganda