Papers, 1917-1930, collected by Dora Earthy during her fieldwork amongst the Valenge women, including notes and drafts of her book Valenge Women: the social and economic life of the Valenge women of Portuguese East Africa in various typed and hand-written stages. In English, Chopi (including Lenge dialect)
Papers of Emily Dora Earthy
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- ReferenceGB 102 MS 380515
- Dates of Creation1917 - 1930
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish Chopi
- Physical Description3 boxes
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Administrative / Biographical History
Emily Dora Earthy (known as Dora Earthy) worked as a missionary in Portuguese East Africa (Mozambique) for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, from September 1917 to December 1930. She then obtained a grant from the Research Committee of Bantu Studies of the University of Witwatersrand, to cover six month's fieldwork among the Valenge women of Portuguese East Africa (Mozambique), compiling raw material for her book Valenge Women: the social and economic life of the Valenge women of Portuguese East Africa (Oxford University Press, 1933).
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Donated by Guy Atkins, December 1987.
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Unpublished handlist
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