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JUNOD (Henri Alexandre). THE LIFE of a South African Tribe. Neuchatel. 1912. - JUNOD (Henri Alexandre) THE LIFE of a South African Tribe . Neuchatel: Imprimerie Attinger Frères, 1912. 2 v.: [4], 500 pp., 1 mapa colorido; [4], 574 pp.: il.; 225 mm. FIRST EDITION. A very rare and important work, a foundational study on the Tsonga tribe native to the territories of southern Mozambique and South Africa. Henri Alexandre Junot (1863-1934) was a Swiss missionary, ethnographer, anthropologist, linguist, and naturalist who spent most of his career at the Shiluvane mission in the Limpopo province. Junot traveled to Mozambique in 1889, staying at the Rikatla mission, 30 km north of Lourenço Marques, remaining in that region until 1894. He published a Ronga grammar, followed by several essays on the customs and language of this people. From 1896 onwards, he served in various other missions, interspersed with numerous returns to Switzerland. This major work was first published in 1912, with expanded editions in 1926 and translations into several languages. Divided into two volumes, the first, subtitled ”The Social Life, ” deals with the ethnic characterization of the tribe, while the second, subtitled ”The Psychic Life, ” addresses its ethnographic aspects. The text is profusely illustrated with numerous photogravures and a separate color map printed in the first volume. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate