Zara Schmelen

Zara Schmelen (o o tshotsweng ka 1973 a tlhokafala ka 1831) e ne e le mosadi wa morongwa wa Borwa jwa Aforika o o tsholetsweng kwa koloneng ya Kapa mme morago a fudugela kwa Namaqualand. E ne e le moranodi wa kgolagano e ntsha ya baebele go ya kwa puong ya Khoikhoi, a thusiwa ke monna wa gagwe Heinrich Schmelen.

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Zara Schmelen, o Pele e neng e le Zara Hendrichs,Sasman, Catherine (23 April 2010). "Namibia: Zara Schmelen - the Invisible Woman (1793 to 1831)". New Era. AllAfrica.com. Retrieved 08 October 2025.Trüper, Ursula (2006). The Invisible Woman: Zara Schmelen, African Mission Assistant at the Cape and in Namaland. Basel: Basler Afrika Bibliographien. ISBN 978-3-905141-917. o tsholetswe kwa koloneng ya Kapa kwa Steinkopf (kwa jaanong e leng bontlha jwa Kapa bokone kwa Aforika Borwa) ka dingwaga tsa 1973.Becker, Heike (2007). "Ursula Trüper. The Invisible Woman: Zara Schmelen, African Mission Assistant at the Cape and in Namaland". Social Dynamics: A Journal of African Studies. 3 (2): 253–255. doi:10.1080/02533950708628772. S2CID 145670210. O kolobeditswe ke morongwa wa Germany Heinrich Schmelen ka Tlhakole a le malatsi a marataro ngwaga wa 1814, ene le monnawe Leetjie, ele bangwe ba maloko a ntlha a mane a kereke ya gagwe. Heinrich o ne a kwala ka makgarejwana a, are ba ne ba tswa kwa bathong ba Namaqualand (mo molelwaneng wa gompieno wa Aforika Borwa le Namibia) le gore fa Zara a ne a ne a ikatisitse jaaka moKeresete ka lobaka, go ne go le go sha mo go Leetjie. O ne a rotloetsa bobedi boo go nna bathusa bodiredi.Trüper 2006, p. 33.

O fudugetse kwa Namaqualand ka 1814Sheldon, Kathleen (2005). Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5331-7. ene le Heinrich le setlhopa se setona go tswa mo kerekeng ya gagwe go tlhoma bodiredi koo.Trüper 2006, p. 38 Morago ga gore motho o a neng a mo dirile lelata a lwale, Heinrich o ne a thapa Zara mme ba felela ba nyalana.Trüper 2006, p. 39. Zara o ne a ka nna dingwaga di le masome mabedi ka nako e, fa Heinrich a ne a mo feta ka dingwaga di le masome mabedi. London Missionary Society fa e utlwa ka lonyalo lo, e ne ya seegela Heinrich kwa thoko ka nakwana, mme se se ne sa boelwa morago morago ga gore a ipuelele ka mokwalo.Trüper 2006, p. 40. Zara le Heinrich ba ne ba bereka mmogo mo thanolong ya kgolagano e ntsha ya baebele go isa kwa puong ya Khoikhoi. Monna wa gagwe morago o ne a supa fa se e le tiro ya gagwe a le nosi, mme a dumalana gore ga a na kitso e kalo ya teme e go ranoletsweng kwa go yone.

Pele ga a tlhokafala ka 1831,Zara le Heinrichs ba ne ba na le bana ba basetsana ba le bararo le mosimane a le mongwe. Kokomane ya bone Ursulu Truper morago o ne a kwala buka ka 2006 ka botshelo jwa ga Zara fa a bereka kwa bodireding kwa Borwa jwa Aforika, e bidiwa The Invisible Woman: Zara Schmelen, African Mission Assistant at the Cape and in Namaland.

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