From Javanese Court to African Grave: How Noriman Became Tuan Skapie, 1717-1806
This article assembles clues related to the life and impact of an eighteenth century exile to Cape Town known as Oupa or Tuan Skapie (Grandpa/ Lord Sheepy). Remembered as a slave sent from Java in the 1770s who tended herds and dug wells on the slopes of Signal Hill in between periods of meditation,...
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| Language: | English |
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McGill University
2017-05-01
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| Series: | Journal of Indian Ocean World Studies |
| Online Access: | https://jiows.mcgill.ca/article/view/19 |