Wilhelm Bleek: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. Mar 04, 2026
Anniversary information added. Aug 13, 2025
Labeled pejorative terminology. May 09, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Feb 16, 2024
Modified title of Web site: Academia - The Foundation of African Studies: Wilhelm Bleek's African Linguistics and the First Ethnographers of Southern Africa. Jun 16, 2016
Add new Web site: Academia - The Foundation of African Studies: Wilhelm Bleek's African Linguistics and the First Ethnographers of Southern Africa. Jun 16, 2016
Added mention of his introduction of the term "Bantu." Feb 10, 2009
Article revised. May 29, 2002
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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