Sisters in Spirit: Christianity, Affect, and Community Building in East Africa, 1860-1970

by Andreana C. Prichard

In this pioneering study, historian Andreana Prichard presents an intimate history of a single mission organization, the Universities' Mission to Central Africa (UMCA), told through the rich personal stories of a group of female African lay evangelists. Founded by British Anglican missionaries in the 1860s, the UMCA worked among refugees from the Indian Ocean slave trade on Zanzibar and among disparate communities on the adjacent Tanzanian mainland...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 161186240X
• ISBN13: 9781611862409
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Michigan State University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"