Talk:Lovedale (South Africa)

I replaced the original (1911 EB) kaffirs with natives, although I recognize that the first term was not specifically derogatory in its 19th century context, and perhaps the second is also offensive. I'd appreciate a review of that.

Also, the online 1911 versions say "The sum paid in fees by scholars (of whom fully nine-tenths were Kaffirs) in the period 1841-1908 was 84,000." Even if that is intended to be £4,000, it's a lot of money and I don't believe it. David Brooks 06:18, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

Missionaries
Can we not beef up this article by giving some more info on the founding fathers of the station and the work they did there. The likes of John Roos and John Bennie come to mind--Scottykira (talk) 07:41, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
 * John Bennie has an article which includes some mentions of John Ross.--Felix Folio Secundus (talk) 14:49, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

I visited Lovedale (and the memorial to Stewart of Lovedale behind the campus of Fort Hare University) in April 2011. Wikipedia presently states that Lovedale College was closed by the Bantu Education Act in the 1950s, but actually I saw that it is now open again in some capacity. I am not sure what. My interest in this is that Stewart of Lovedale was my great-great grandfather. I suppose I could find some relatives to find out (some other of his great great grandchildren still live in the area), but I don't know how to cite that. Does anyone have any more information? And why is there no article about Stewart of Lovedale himself? I saw some mighty tomes on his life on some bookshelves in South Africa, though I haven't read one yet. BY the by if you visit Lovedale, the grave of John Knox Boqwe (the Xhosa hymn writer, taught music by Lovedale's wife) is nearby, though a bit neglected ... CharlesKiddell (talk) 03:57, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

No mass graves on site?
I added the info that as of now, no mass graves were found at this particular missionary site. This edit was reverted by some pro-colonial guy, probably of Boer origin. I don't want the perpetrators have a say in history. Please re-institute the edit until a proper search for colonial era mass graves has been conducted. 77.11.98.202 (talk) 20:17, 15 June 2024 (UTC)