The museum's Anthropology section conducts research on a variety of topics ranging from Xhosa history and traditional healing to indigenous or local knowledge and the use of medicinal plants.
THE XHOSA IN THE EASTERN CAPE
In excess of 5.2 million, Xhosa-speakers constitute 83.8% of the population of the Eastern Cape, the second largest province in South Africa, an area 169, 580 km2 in extent (Statistics South Africa, 1998). Literacy in the +20 age group is 79.1%.
Hirst, Manton 2005. Dreams and Medicines: The Perspectives of Xhosa Diviners and Novices in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Indo Pacific Journal of Phenomenology, Volume 5, Edition 2 December 2005, pp. 1-22.
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SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
ALBERTI L. 1807/1968. Account of the Tribal Life and Customs of the Xhosa. (Trans. William Fehr.) Balkema: Cape Town.
AYLIFF J. & J. WHITESIDE 1912/1962. History of the Abambo generally known as Fingoes. Struik: Cape Town.
