Magazine article from our research archive:

Butterflies and Barbarians: Swiss Missionaries and Systems of Knowledge in South-East Africa

Butterflies and Barbarians: Swiss Missionaries and Systems of Knowledge in South-East Africa. By Patrick Harries. Athens: Ohio University Press; Oxford: James Currey, 2007. Pp. xvii, 286; 30 illustrations. $26.95 paper.

Patrick Harries explores the relationship between Swiss missionaries (hailing from a noncolonial power) and their African counterparts in southeastern Africa, in what is now modern-day South Africa and Mozambique. In doing so, he illuminates the role that knowledge about Africans, their landscape, and their biota played in fashioning a Swiss identity, particularly vis-à-vis France. At the same time Harries illuminates the ways in which that knowledge helped to create ...

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

See all results. Or, try our Advanced Search.

Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 60 million articles! Access over 3,500 publications with a FREE trial!