Zulu Vocabulary and Phrase Book – For the Use of Immigrants and Settlers in the Colony of Natal and Zululand (Eleventh Edition) by T. L. Cullingworth

Zulu Vocabulary and Phrase Book for the Use of Immigrants and Settlers in the Colony of Natal and Zululand is the Eleventh Edition, revised, corrected and enlarged.

It was printed and published in Durban in 1907 by T. L. Cullingworth and sold by Messrs. Adams & Co. of West Street. It was printed by the Electric Press in Smith Street, Durban.

Cullingworth’s Zulu Vocabulary and Phrase Book was a standard handbook for new arrivals in Natal for decades.

The introduction explains its purpose: to help immigrants make themselves understood in everyday matters without a formal study of grammar, and to correct the broken “kitchen” Zulu that settlers often picked up.

The rear cover advertises Cullingworth’s other Zulu publications, including spelling and reading books, with the firm’s address at Krantz Kloof (Main Line), Natal.

This Zulu Vocabulary and Phrase Book is a charming and historically revealing piece of Colony of Natal printing, issued just a few years before Union.

It will interest collectors of Natal and Durban Africana, early Zulu language material, and South African social history. Please note the text contains language and attitudes of its period.

Condition – Fair

Green linen-backed soft cover booklet of 68 pages. The spine is separated for about two-thirds of its length; covers worn with some marks.

Ink signature on the inside front cover and a further ink signature at the head of the introduction page. Pages slightly toned.

A fragile copy of the Zulu Vocabulary and Phrase Book, an early Natal imprint.