St Cuthbert’s Mission Station: Fragments of living heritage, the archive and documentary filmmaking – ‘the future of the past’

This paper offers a reflection on a research project undertaken over a period of nearly five years at the St Cuthbert’s Anglican community near Tsolo in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. St Cuthbert’ was established by Father Bransby Key, an Anglican missionary in the nineteenth century. On a site vis...

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Main Author: Louw, Lieza (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of South Africa 2022
In: Missionalia
Year: 2022, Volume: 50, Pages: 23-35
IxTheo Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
KDE Anglican Church
RJ Mission; missiology
Further subjects:B Nostalgia
B St Cuthbert's, missionaries, Frank Cornner
B Heritage
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