The first historical account of the dramatic growth of Christianity in Western Tanzania during the twentieth century and of the role of former slaves in this pr

This book is a richly detailed comparative analysis of endogenous, Muslim, and Christian religious thought and practice in sub-Saharan Africa. Organized themati

This text examines the social and political impact of the Swahili language.

Important and broadening study of the way Africans engaged with missions, not as beneficiaries of humanitarian philanthropy, but as workers.