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1 online resource (176 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Dedication; Preface; Beira, 1892:An Introduction; PART I -- WHITE MISSIONARIES; Chapter One: On the Field, 1892-1917; Chapter Two: Off the Field, 1918-1930; Chapter Three: Kamba Simango, to 1932; Chapter Four: Abdication, 1930-1945; PART II -- AFRICAN CHRISTIANS; Chapter Five: The Emerging Evangelical Community, 1892-1931; Chapter Six: Toward Organisation, 1931-1935; Chapter Seven: The Associations: Conflict, 1935-1939; Chapter Eight: The Associations: Growth, 1935-1945; Chapter Nine: Dissolution, 1940-1945 |
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Chapter Ten: The Nature of the African ChurchConclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index; Back cover |
| Summary |
Literature about Christianity in Africa disproportionately directs attention to the important work of Western missionaries, but to a great extent Africans were the agents of their own conversion. This is true of the key figure in this book, Kamba Simango. Encouraged from a distance by an American Congregationalist missionary, Fred R. Bunker, who shared his commitment to an African-led work, Simango, Tapera Nkomo and others struggled against difficult odds in the Mozambique Company region of Manica and Sofala in Central Mozambique. This study reveals the humanity of its characters as well as th |
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Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Simango, C. Kamba
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| Subject |
Missions -- Mozambique
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Independent churches -- Mozambique
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Missions, American.
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Independent churches
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Missions
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Missions, American
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Mozambique
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789990800357 |
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9990800359 |
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