Stephen Volz
Biographic Data
| ID | 456956 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen Volz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen |
| FAMILY NAME | Volz |
| SIGNATURE | VOLZ S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kenyon College |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5789-2201 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
In the Light of a Tswana Star: Koranta ea Becoana and the Pursuit of Multiethnic Liberalism in South Africa
This article explores changes and continuities in the lives and perspectives of Black South Africans at the beginning of the twentieth century, as portrayed in the Setswana-language newspaper Koranta ea Becoana . In studies of African responses to British colonization, scholars have tended to focus on evidence of nascent African nationalism in the English writings of Africans, but Koranta and other vernacular sources indicate that Africans during…
In Black Hands: Tswana Chieftaincy and the Ethiopian Church Movements of 1880–1910
The history of colonialism in Africa is often portrayed as a confrontation between black Africans and white Europeans, but African adoption of black solidarity as a feature of their liberation movements was a gradual process. Scholars have sometimes traced the beginning of that process in southern Africa to the ‘Ethiopian’ church movements of 1880–1910, particularly in the ways that they were encouraged by African-American resistance to racism in…
But I Know You, You Are Not God: African Responses to European Colonialism in a Missionary Newspaper
This article analyses how African letter-writers in the missionary-edited Setswana newspaper Mahoko a Becwana (1883–96) sought to make sense of expanding European power during the ‘scramble for Africa’ and its accompanying social and political changes. The newspaper wrestled with readers’ opinions on a wide range of contentious topics, including ethnic identity, literacy, chieftaincy, colonial government, alcohol, adolescent initiation, marriage,…
Hidden Histories of Gordonia: Land Dispossession and Resistance in the Northern Cape, 1800–1990, by Martin Legassick
(2018). Hidden Histories of Gordonia: Land Dispossession and Resistance in the Northern Cape, 1800–1990, by Martin Legassick. African Historical Review: Vol. 50, “Bantustan States”, pp. 175-177
The Rise and Fall of The Moffat Institution: Mission Education in a Colonial Borderland
As the Scottish missionary Robert Moffat retired in Britain after a long career working among the Tswana in southern Africa, the London Missionary Society decided to found a seminary in his name for training African evangelists. The Moffat Institution at Kuruman was completed in 1879, but within only 20 years its classrooms were mostly empty and crumbling. The brief life of the Moffat Institution demonstrates the constraints under which European …
African Teachers on the Colonial Frontier: Tswana Evangelists and Their Communities During the Nineteenth Century
African Teachers on the Colonial Frontier is an exploration of the profound social and personal changes that accompanied the expansion of European influence in the interior of southern Africa during the nineteenth century, focusing on the role played by Tswana Christian evangelists. Drawing on a wide range of sources and locating African converts rather than European missionaries at the center of the story, this book provides new insights into th…
African Teachers on the Colonial Frontier: Tswana Evangelists and Their Communities During the Nineteenth Century
Popular Politics in the History of South Africa, 1400-1948
Them Who Kill the Body: Christian Ideals and Political Realities in the Interior of Southern Africa during the 1850s
This article considers the changing political significance of Christianity in the interior of southern Africa during the 1850s, focusing primarily on the views of Tswana rulers, converts and others within their communities, and secondarily on attempts by European missionaries to reconcile their service both to African communities and to European expansion, which compelled them to articulate a rationale for their civilising mission. The article hi…
Grappling with the Beast: Indigenous Southern African Responses to Colonialism, 1840-1930
This volume contributes rich, new material to provide insights into indigenous responses to the colonial empires of Great Britain (South Africa, Swaziland, Botswana, Zimbabwe (Rhodesia)) and Germany (Namibia) and explore the complex intellectual, cultural, literary, and political borders and identities that emerged across these spaces. Contributors include distinguished global scholars in the field as well as exciting young scholars. The essays l…
Written On Our Hearts: Tswana Christians and the 'Word of God' in the Mid-Nineteenth Century
The adoption of Christianity by Tswana people in southern Africa during the nineteenth century generally involved being inspired in some way by stories and ideas presented in the Bible, but the role of Christian scripture varied according to local and personal circumstances. Although European missionaries introduced Christianity to the Tswana, they had little control over the different ways that early Tswana converts perceived, adapted and procla…
Words of Batswana: Letters to the Editor of Mahoko a Becwana , 1883–1896
During the last twenty years, in conjunction with rapid political changes in southern Africa, scholars of the region's history have become increasingly interested in studying the experiences of people whose stories, like their livelihoods, were previously often restricted or ignored by those in power. This scholarly interest initially focused on instances of conflict and oppression, disclosing the violence and injustice that accompanied coloniali…
African Teachers on the Colonial Frontier: Tswana Evangelists and Their Communities During the Nineteenth Century
Popular Politics in the History of South Africa, 1400-1948
But I Know You, You Are Not God: African Responses to European Colonialism in a Missionary Newspaper
This article analyses how African letter-writers in the missionary-edited Setswana newspaper Mahoko a Becwana (1883–96) sought to make sense of expanding European power during the ‘scramble for Africa’ and its accompanying social and political changes. The newspaper wrestled with readers’ opinions on a wide range of contentious topics, including ethnic identity, literacy, chieftaincy, colonial government, alcohol, adolescent initiation, marriage,…
Written On Our Hearts: Tswana Christians and the 'Word of God' in the Mid-Nineteenth Century
The adoption of Christianity by Tswana people in southern Africa during the nineteenth century generally involved being inspired in some way by stories and ideas presented in the Bible, but the role of Christian scripture varied according to local and personal circumstances. Although European missionaries introduced Christianity to the Tswana, they had little control over the different ways that early Tswana converts perceived, adapted and procla…
Words of Batswana: Letters to the Editor of Mahoko a Becwana , 1883–1896
During the last twenty years, in conjunction with rapid political changes in southern Africa, scholars of the region's history have become increasingly interested in studying the experiences of people whose stories, like their livelihoods, were previously often restricted or ignored by those in power. This scholarly interest initially focused on instances of conflict and oppression, disclosing the violence and injustice that accompanied coloniali…
Words of Batswana: Letters to the Editor of Mahoko a Becwana , 1883–1896
During the last twenty years, in conjunction with rapid political changes in southern Africa, scholars of the region's history have become increasingly interested in studying the experiences of people whose stories, like their livelihoods, were previously often restricted or ignored by those in power. This scholarly interest initially focused on instances of conflict and oppression, disclosing the violence and injustice that accompanied coloniali…
Written On Our Hearts: Tswana Christians and the 'Word of God' in the Mid-Nineteenth Century
The adoption of Christianity by Tswana people in southern Africa during the nineteenth century generally involved being inspired in some way by stories and ideas presented in the Bible, but the role of Christian scripture varied according to local and personal circumstances. Although European missionaries introduced Christianity to the Tswana, they had little control over the different ways that early Tswana converts perceived, adapted and procla…
Them Who Kill the Body: Christian Ideals and Political Realities in the Interior of Southern Africa during the 1850s
This article considers the changing political significance of Christianity in the interior of southern Africa during the 1850s, focusing primarily on the views of Tswana rulers, converts and others within their communities, and secondarily on attempts by European missionaries to reconcile their service both to African communities and to European expansion, which compelled them to articulate a rationale for their civilising mission. The article hi…
Grappling with the Beast: Indigenous Southern African Responses to Colonialism, 1840-1930
This volume contributes rich, new material to provide insights into indigenous responses to the colonial empires of Great Britain (South Africa, Swaziland, Botswana, Zimbabwe (Rhodesia)) and Germany (Namibia) and explore the complex intellectual, cultural, literary, and political borders and identities that emerged across these spaces. Contributors include distinguished global scholars in the field as well as exciting young scholars. The essays l…
African Teachers on the Colonial Frontier: Tswana Evangelists and Their Communities During the Nineteenth Century
African Teachers on the Colonial Frontier is an exploration of the profound social and personal changes that accompanied the expansion of European influence in the interior of southern Africa during the nineteenth century, focusing on the role played by Tswana Christian evangelists. Drawing on a wide range of sources and locating African converts rather than European missionaries at the center of the story, this book provides new insights into th…
African Teachers on the Colonial Frontier: Tswana Evangelists and Their Communities During the Nineteenth Century
Popular Politics in the History of South Africa, 1400-1948
The Rise and Fall of The Moffat Institution: Mission Education in a Colonial Borderland
As the Scottish missionary Robert Moffat retired in Britain after a long career working among the Tswana in southern Africa, the London Missionary Society decided to found a seminary in his name for training African evangelists. The Moffat Institution at Kuruman was completed in 1879, but within only 20 years its classrooms were mostly empty and crumbling. The brief life of the Moffat Institution demonstrates the constraints under which European …
Hidden Histories of Gordonia: Land Dispossession and Resistance in the Northern Cape, 1800–1990, by Martin Legassick
(2018). Hidden Histories of Gordonia: Land Dispossession and Resistance in the Northern Cape, 1800–1990, by Martin Legassick. African Historical Review: Vol. 50, “Bantustan States”, pp. 175-177
In Black Hands: Tswana Chieftaincy and the Ethiopian Church Movements of 1880–1910
The history of colonialism in Africa is often portrayed as a confrontation between black Africans and white Europeans, but African adoption of black solidarity as a feature of their liberation movements was a gradual process. Scholars have sometimes traced the beginning of that process in southern Africa to the ‘Ethiopian’ church movements of 1880–1910, particularly in the ways that they were encouraged by African-American resistance to racism in…
But I Know You, You Are Not God: African Responses to European Colonialism in a Missionary Newspaper
This article analyses how African letter-writers in the missionary-edited Setswana newspaper Mahoko a Becwana (1883–96) sought to make sense of expanding European power during the ‘scramble for Africa’ and its accompanying social and political changes. The newspaper wrestled with readers’ opinions on a wide range of contentious topics, including ethnic identity, literacy, chieftaincy, colonial government, alcohol, adolescent initiation, marriage,…
In the Light of a Tswana Star: Koranta ea Becoana and the Pursuit of Multiethnic Liberalism in South Africa
This article explores changes and continuities in the lives and perspectives of Black South Africans at the beginning of the twentieth century, as portrayed in the Setswana-language newspaper Koranta ea Becoana . In studies of African responses to British colonization, scholars have tended to focus on evidence of nascent African nationalism in the English writings of Africans, but Koranta and other vernacular sources indicate that Africans during…
African history and culture studies (10 works) · History (9 works) · Colonialism (8 works) · History (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Archaeology (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Politics (6 works) · South African History and Culture (6 works) · Tswana (6 works)