Anthropos

In the mythologies and legends prevalent in Oceania and Southeast Asia, myths concerning the so-called “little people” can be sporadically found. These beings, characterised primarily by their small stature, are referred to as the ancestors of...

Only through close cooperation with local Christians were the missionaries of the Berlin Mission Society able to gain a foothold in southern Africa. The article traces the different fates of the South Africans Klaus Koen and Martinus Sewuchan, who...

The anthropological approach to the study of humankind is a well-established perspective in itself and yet one would find debates around the scientific nature of the discipline brewing every now and then, either at the global level or in the...