Journal of African Christian Biography: v. 5, no. 2

A publication of the Dictionary of African Christian Biography with U.S. offices located at the Center for Global Christianity and Mission at Boston University. This issue focuses on: Women / Bilingual (French): 1. Biography of Émilienne Mboungou-Mouyabi (née Niangui Loubota), Congolese woman pastor, in ENGLISH and in FRENCH; 2. "Recovering the Lives of African Women Leaders in South Africa: The Case of Nokutela Dube" By Heather Hughes, chapter from African Christian Biography: Stories, Lives and Challenges, (D. L. Robert, editor); 3. "Notes on the Life History of the Reverend Canon Professor Emeritus John Samuel Pobee (1937 to 2020)"" by Casely Essamuah.; and, 4. "Theological Publishing and the Future of Christianity in Africa: African Theological Network Press" by Kyama Mugambi. 5. Book Notes, by Beth Restrick

Journal of African Christian Biography

A publication of the Dictionary of African Christian Biography with U.S. offices located at the Center for Global Christianity and Mission at Boston University. This issue focuses on: WOMEN --- 1. Biographies of Kimpa Vita by Norbert Brockman, Mark R. Lipschutz and R. Kent Rasmussen, and Tsimba Mabiala. 2. "The Life and Visions of Krəstos Śämra, a Fifteenth-Century Ethiopian Woman Saint,"--chapter from African Christian Biography: Stories, Lives and Challenges (D. L. Robert, editor) by Wendy Laura Belcher 3. "Queen Njinga and Her Faiths: Religion and Politics in Seventeenth-Century Angola"--chapter from African Christian Biography: Stories, Lives and Challenges (D. L. Robert, editor) by Linda Heywood. 4. Book Notes, by B. Restric

Journal of African Christian Biography: v. 4, no. 2

A publication of the Dictionary of African Christian Biography with U.S. offices located at the Center for Global Christianity and Mission at Boston University. This issue focuses on: 1. Tributes to Lamin Sanneh by friends, family, colleagues, scholars, a Bible translator, and an editor. 2. Biographies by Lamin Sanneh in the DACB. 3. A selected bibliography by Lamin Sanneh, compiled by B. Restrick. 4. Book Notes, compiled by B. Restric

Journal of African Christian Biography: v. 4, no. 1

A publication of the Dictionary of African Christian Biography with U.S. offices located at the Center for Global Christianity and Mission at Boston University. This issue focuses on: 1. Introducing African Christian Biography. 2. Modern African Church History and the Streetlight Effect. 3. Both African and Christian. 4. Musicians and Composers in African Christianity. 5. Yared. 6. John Knox Bokwe. 7. Recent Print and Digital Resources Related to Christianity in Africa. 8. Guidelines for Article Contributors. 9. Suggested Interview Guidelines and Questions. 10. Guidelines for Book Reviewers

Focus: The Gambia: 200 Years of Wesleyan Methodist Missions; Morgan, Baker, Fox, Cupidon, Sallah

A publication of the Dictionary of African Christian Biography with U.S. offices located at the Center for Global Christianity and Mission at Boston University. This issue focuses on: 200 Years of Wesleyan Methodist Mission in the Gambia: The Beginnings, 1821-1848. 1. Introduction by Contributing Editor Gabriel Leonard Allen; 2. 200 Years of Wesleyan Methodist Mission in the Gambia: The Beginnings, 1821-1848, by Gabriel Leonard Allen; 3. Biographies of John Morgan, John Baker, and William Fox, by Gabriel Leonard Allen; 4. Biographies of John Cupidon and Pierre Sallah by Martha Frederiks. 5. African Christian Theology: Utilizing Social Media, by Joshua Robert Barron; 6. Book notes, compiled by BU Head librarian Frances Beth Restrick (African Studies library)

Journal of African Christian Biography: v. 4, no. 3

A publication of the Dictionary of African Christian Biography with U.S. offices located at the Center for Global Christianity and Mission at Boston University. This issue focuses on: 1. African Christian Biography Volume, Serialized: "Pointillist History and the Essential Role of Biography in the Dictionary of African Christian Biography,” by M. Sigg; 2. Biographies of I. Ababio by E. Acolatse and C. Y. Yeboa-Korie by T. Oduro; 3. A Tribute to J. Cone, by J. N. K. Mugambi; 4. Reviews of African Christian Biography Volume by E. Sibanda and the Africa Study Bible by J-C Loba Mkole; 5. Book Notes, compiled by B. Restric

Journal of African Christian Biography: v. 7, no. 1

A publication of the Dictionary of African Christian Biography with U.S. offices located at the Center for Global Christianity and Mission at Boston University. This issue focuses on: Focus: Archbishop Desmond Tutu (South Africa) and Msgr. Tharcisse Tshibangu (DRC); Deji Isaac Ayegboyin (Nigeria); Women’s stories (Kenya and Zimbabwe) 1. Introduction: Activism, Theology, and Witness with an African Color. 2. Tribute Archbishop Desmond Tutu (1931-2021) & South African Black Theology By Francis Anekwe Oborji. 3. Appendix: A Brief Biography of Desmond Tutu’s Life. 4. Tribute Msgr. Tharcisse Tshibangu (1933 – 2021): Promoter of Theology with an “African Color” By Francis Anekwe Oborji. 5. Interview with Deji Isaac Ayegboyin, DACB Pioneer and Facilitator in Nigeria. 6. Book Review The Power of the Word, *A History of the Seventh-day Adventism in Central Kenya*: Highlighting the Role of Mama Eunice Njoki Wangai By Mary Getui. 7. “Why Can’t We Ordain Nellie?”: Leadership, Faith, and Hagiography in the Life of Nellie Maduma Mlotshwa, Zimbabwe By Wendy Urban-Mead. 8. “A Character Worth Writing About”: Sikhawulaphi Khumalo’s Education and Christian Experiences at Empandeni Mission, Southwestern Zimbabwe, 1900–1940s By Barbara Mahamba. 9. Recent Print and Digital Resources Related to Christianity in Africa Compiled by Beth Restrick, Head, BU African Studies Library

Journal of African Christian Biography: v. 5, no. 3

A publication of the Dictionary of African Christian Biography with U.S. offices located at the Center for Global Christianity and Mission at Boston University. This issue focuses on: 1. "Tribute: Legendary Pioneer African Theologian Charles Nyamiti" by Francis Anekwe Oborji; 2. "'Jesus! Say It Once Again and the Matter Is Settled': The Life and Legacy of Oral Theologian Madam Afua Kuma of Ghana (1908-1987)" by Sara J. Fretheim; 3. Interview of Dr. Emmanuel Evans-Anfom by Dr. Esther Ecolatse; 4. Interview of Cardinal Christian Wiyghan Tumi by Prof. Paul Nkwi; 5. Remembering Paul Dayhoff; 6. Book Notes, by Beth Restrick

Journal of African Christian Biography: v. 6, no. 4

A publication of the Dictionary of African Christian Biography with U.S. offices located at the Center for Global Christianity and Mission at Boston University. This issue focuses on: Tributes to Andrew Walls and Benedict Ssettuuma (Uganda); Samuel T. O. Akande (Nigeria). This issue of the Journal of African Christian Biography honors the memory of "Prof." Andrew Finlay Walls and Fr. Benedict Ssettuuma, Jr. It also celebrates the contribution of Dr. Michael Adeleke Ogunewu to the work of the DACB both as an author and a mentor-teacher. One of his biographies, that of Samuel T. O. Akande, is included. The issue also includes a serialized chapter from African Christian Biography by Roger Levine and a new section, "Teaching with the DACB," featuring the reflections of a North American student on what the DACB has taught her

Journal of African Christian Biography: v. 6, no. 1

A publication of the Dictionary of African Christian Biography with U.S. offices located at the Center for Global Christianity and Mission at Boston University. This issue focuses on: George Arthur Gatungu Gathuna (Kenya); Philip Kwabi and Daniel Saba (Gold Coast); Casely Essamuah (interview). TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1. Introduction by Editor Michele Miller Sigg 2. Call for Ecclesial Recognition of Bishop George Arthur Gatungu Gathuna, The Founding Father of the African Orthodox Church of Kenya By Fr. Evangelos Thiani 3. Unknown Pioneers and Unsung Heroes: Forgotten Christian Ancestors of the Gold Coast (Ghana) By Maureen O. Iheanacho 4. Accidental Missionary: Called to a Life of Building Bridges for Christ and His Kingdom An Interview with Casely Baiden Essamuah, Secretary, Global Christian Forum 5. Book notes, compiled by BU Head librarian Frances Beth Restrick (African Studies library