Cargando…
In Africa's forest and jungle : six years among the Yorubas /
In Africa's Forest and Jungle is the memoir of Richard Henry Stone, a Civil War era Southern Baptist missionary, who served in what is now Nigeria during the late 1850s and again during the first years of the American Civil War. Stone published this work in 1899, when it became clear that age w...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Otros Autores: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Tuscaloosa, Ala. :
University of Alabama Press,
©2010.
|
| Colección: | Religion and American Culture.
|
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In Africa's Forest and Jungle is the memoir of Richard Henry Stone, a Civil War era Southern Baptist missionary, who served in what is now Nigeria during the late 1850s and again during the first years of the American Civil War. Stone published this work in 1899, when it became clear that age would prevent him from returning to Africa. Stone served in Africa with his wife and successfully learned the Yoruba language. He was an intelligent, self-reflective, and reliable observer, making his works important sources of information on Yoruba society before the intervention of. |
|---|---|
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 202 pages) : illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9780817384463 0817384464 0817355677 9780817355678 |