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Labour & Christianity in the Mission
African Workers in Tanganyika and Zanzibar, 1864-1926
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English
Published/Copyright:
2021
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Important and broadening study of the way Africans engaged with missions, not as beneficiaries of humanitarian philanthropy, but as workers.
The important role missions played as places of work has been underexplored, yet missionaries were some of the earliest Europeans who tried to control African labour. African mission workers' roles were not just religious and educational, as they were actively involved, not always voluntarily, in building and domestic work. Focusing on the Anglican Universities' Mission to Central Africa (UMCA) in Tanganyika and Zanzibar in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Michelle Liebst shows how missionaries both supported and undermined the livelihood trajectories of Africans. Revealing the changing nature of relations over time between missionaries - who referred to themselves as "workers" - and the African mission workers, including teachers and priests - whom missionaries referred to as "helpers" - reflected broader political transformations, and this innovative study of missions' role in society adds a critical dimension to our understanding of their function and socio-economic impact and the history of Christianity in Africa.
The important role missions played as places of work has been underexplored, yet missionaries were some of the earliest Europeans who tried to control African labour. African mission workers' roles were not just religious and educational, as they were actively involved, not always voluntarily, in building and domestic work. Focusing on the Anglican Universities' Mission to Central Africa (UMCA) in Tanganyika and Zanzibar in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Michelle Liebst shows how missionaries both supported and undermined the livelihood trajectories of Africans. Revealing the changing nature of relations over time between missionaries - who referred to themselves as "workers" - and the African mission workers, including teachers and priests - whom missionaries referred to as "helpers" - reflected broader political transformations, and this innovative study of missions' role in society adds a critical dimension to our understanding of their function and socio-economic impact and the history of Christianity in Africa.
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Contributor: Michelle Liebst
MICHELLE LIEBST is a Research Fellow at University College London.
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Will be of interest to historians of Christian missions and of slavery and abolition.
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The book contributes significantly to historical knowledge of mission activities in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century eastern Africa.
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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List of Illustrations
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List of Abbreviations
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Note on Language and Glossary
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Acknowledgements
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Introduction: Rethinking Missions as Places of Work
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1 Missionary Authority in Late Precolonial Magila, 1867–87
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2 Building the Slave Market Church in Zanzibar, 1864–1900
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3 Slave Status and the Mission Boys’ School in Zanzibar, 1864–c.1930
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4 Raising ‘Mbweni Girls’ in Zanzibar, 1864–c.1926
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5 Domestic Service in Magila and Zanzibar, 1864–c.1930
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Conclusion
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Appendix 1: Chronology of UMCA Founding
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Appendix 2: General Chronology for Zanzibar and Magila
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Appendix 3: African Power-brokers and the Mission Elite
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Appendix 4: Bishops of the UMCA
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Appendix 5: Other Significant UMCA Missionaries
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Bibliography
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Index
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January 30, 2024
eBook ISBN:
9781800102859
Original publisher:
James Currey
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eBook ISBN:
9781800102859
Keywords for this book
African workers; missions; Tanganyika; Zanzibar; Anglican Universities' Mission; UMCA; 19th century; 20th century; livelihood trajectories; missionaries; African mission workers; Christianity in Africa; socio-economic impact; history
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For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
