Henri-Alexandre Junod

Henri-Alexandre Junod (also: Henri Alexandre Junod or Henri A. Junod ; born May 17, 1863 in Saint-Martin, Chézard-Saint-Martin parish ; † April 22, 1934 in Geneva ) was a French-speaking Swiss Protestant theologian , ethnologist , linguists and South Africa - missionary .

Life

Junod was a pastor's son and studied at the University of Neuchâtel theology . 1889-1896 he went to Rikatla as a missionary .

His work The Life of a South African Tribe ("The life of a South African tribe"), which first appeared in French in 1898 under the title Les Ba-Ronga , is considered a classic in ethnology. The first extended English edition followed in 1912/13, the authoritative edition appeared in 1927. The book describes the life of the Bantu tribes of the Tonga (Batonga) and Ronga (Baronga) in the border area of Mozambique , South Africa and Zambia from the late 18th century to the end described in detail for the year 1927, but neglecting the labor migration of young men to South Africa, which began in 1850, its consequences and the clear influence of Europeans in the region, which he carefully avoided depicting in photographs.

Main work

Henri Alexandre Junod: The Life of a South African Tribe.
- Vol. 1: The social life
- Vol. 2: The psychic life
  - Editions of the work:
    - Les Ba-Ronga , 1898 (French)
    - The Life of a South African Tribe. Neuchatel, Attinger Freres, 1912-13. 2 volumes (An extended English translation.)
    - The Life of a South African Tribe. London 1927 (authoritative edition)
    - Moeurs et coutumes des Bantous. La vie d'une tribu south-africaine. Paris: Payot, 1936. 2 volumes

Other works

Grammaire Ronga (1896)
Chants et les contes des ba ronga. Lausanne, Georges Brideel & Co, 1897
Sidschi. Culture and Christianity and the Black Race Problem. Leipzig, Hinrichs'che Buchhandlung, 1911
The problems of indigenous people in l'union sud africaine. Lausanne: Mission suisse dans l'afrique du sud, 1931
Ernest Creux and Paul Berthoud. Les fondateurs de la Mission Suisse dans l'Afrique du Sud. Lausanne, 1933

Web links

Literature by and about Henri-Alexandre Junod in the catalog of the German National Library
Henri-A. Junod. Missionnaire et Savant (French, 8 pages)
Biography (french)
Stephanie Summermatter: Henri-Alexandre Junod. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

Jump up ↑ Patrick Harries : Butterflies & Barbarians: Swiss Missionaries & Systems of Knowledge in South-East Africa. James Currey Publishers, 2007.

personal data
SURNAME	Junod, Henri-Alexandre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss Protestant theologian, ethnologist, linguist and South Africa missionary
DATE OF BIRTH	May 17, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH	Saint-Martin, municipality of Chézard-Saint-Martin
DATE OF DEATH	April 22, 1934
Place of death	Geneva

[1] Jump up ↑ Patrick Harries : Butterflies & Barbarians: Swiss Missionaries & Systems of Knowledge in South-East Africa. James Currey Publishers, 2007.