East Africa (06 August 1881)

East Africa (06 August 1881)

Newspaper Clippings

newspaper clipping of article

06 August 1881

Dorothea Bleek (loose clippings ), clippings (D. Bleek's loose ), language research (report on D. Bleek's "Africa" article on Hadzapi in Tanganyika ), Hadzapi (Hadza language )

"East Africa in the Press. Articles on East Africa." Article (first part) in "East Africa" reports on the "Africa" article by "Mr D.F. Bleek" on the Hadzapi or Watindega in Lake Eyasi region of Tanganyika - a tribe of hunter-gatherers who speak a clicking language related to that of the Bushmen and Hottentots (and structure of Hadza speech is essentially Bushman). There are other similarities with Bushman tribes of Kalahari and south of it (e.g. societal structure, some garments worn). Slip of paper pasted underneath clipping reads: "International Press-Cutting Bureau, 51, Red Lion St., London, W.C.I. Extract from East Africa London. Date 6 Aug. 1931 [stamped]."