Yakusu. The Very Heart of Africa Being some account of the Protestant Mission at Stanley Falls, Upper Congo
H. Sutton Smith [1874/5-1917]
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Book Description
Title:
Yakusu. The Very Heart of Africa Being some account of the Protestant Mission at Stanley Falls, Upper Congo
Author:
H. Sutton Smith [1874/5-1917]
Publication Year:
n.d.
Location:
London
Publisher:
The Carey Press
Pages:
288
Subjects:
Christian Mission, Democratic Republic of Congo, Baptism Missionary Society
Copyright Holder:
Public domain
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Environment
The Loele World
On Adult Life: The Man and his Ways; The Woman and Her Work
On Young Life: Boys and Their Toys; Girls and their Games
On Marriage
On my Mother-in-Law and Other Matters
On MAgic: "Lilwa"
On Clothing
On "BEe-Em-Esi"
On Itindi: a Typical Boy
Of Impressions of Station Surroundings
|On Impressions of Station Life
On Neighbours
On "Zingitingi"
On Language
On Manners and Conscience
On Fatalism and the Heritage of Fear
Claiming the Site; The Huble Beginnings of the B.M.S. Yakusu, 1895-1896
Retaining the Site and Founding the Mission, 1897-1898
Making our Position Sure, 1899-1900
The Darkesy Hour and the Dawn, 1901-1902
Consolidation and Extension, 1903
The Revival in the Further Villages, the Church Rapidly Growing, 1904