| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 317 pages) |
| Series |
Eastern Africa series |
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Eastern African studies (London, England)
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| Contents |
Introduction : Kivebulaya and religious change in the Great Lakes -- 1. The afterlife of Saint Canon Apolo (1933 onwards) -- 2. Waswa, a commoner in the Kingdom of Buganda (c.1865-c.1884) -- 3. Munubi, a foot soldier in battle and evangelism (c.1884-1895) -- 4. Itinerant teacher 'from Europe' in Toro (1895-1905) -- 5. Clerk in holy orders (1905-1915) -- 6. To all Ituri nations under Belgian rule (1915-1925) -- 7. Reverend Canon Apolo, elder and churchman (1925-1933) -- Conclusion: African missionaries, religious encounter and social change |
| Summary |
A vivid portrayal of Kivebulaya's life that interrogates the role of indigenous agents as harbingers of change under colonization, and the influence of emerging polities in the practice of Christian faiths |
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"Apolo Kivebulaya was a practitioner of indigenous religion and a Muslim before he became, in 1895, a Christian missionary from Buganda to Toro and Ituri. He is still admired as a churchman and missionary in the Anglican churches of Uganda, Congo, Tanzania and Kenya, and is a significant civic figure in school curricula in Uganda. This book provides insight into religious encounter in the Great Lakes region of Africa, in which individuals like Kivebulaya remade themselves through conversion to Christianity and re-ordered social relations through preaching a transnational religion which brought technological advantage. In re-examining Apolo's life the author reveals the historic social processes and the cultural motivations which provoked religious and socio-political change in colonial East Africa. She explores the processes of his religious adherence, his travels and church planting, his commitment to Bible translation and its role in developing national sensibilities, and his engagement with missionaries, the Ganda political elite, and the peoples of the Ituri forest, as well as British and Belgian colonial polities. Kivebulaya utilized Christian repertoires of memory-making - the Bible, hymns, prayers and fellowship - in creating communities of disciples, and was instrumental in creating new forms of Christian identity in the region, fashioned by levels of acceptance and resistance. By focusing on the role of indigenous agents as harbingers of change, the author offers a new perspective on the history of the northern Great Lakes region of Africa."--Publisher |
| Notes |
Vendor-supplied metadata |
| Subject |
Kivebulaya, Apolo, 1864?-1933.
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| SUBJECT |
Kivebulaya, Apolo, 1864?-1933 fast |
| Subject |
Missionaries -- Uganda -- Biography
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Christian converts -- Uganda -- Biography
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Christian converts
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Missionaries
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Uganda
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781787448995 |
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1787448991 |
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9781787449916 |
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1787449912 |
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