African saints : saints, martyrs, and holy people from the continent of Africa / Frederick Quinn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Quinn, Frederick.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religious biography--Africa.

Religious biography.

Africa.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xi, 235 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Crossroad, [2002]

Summary:

Modeled to some extent on All Saints, this book will also include prayers by various Africans and will bring together the rich history of African people and their spirituality.

Contents:

King Afonso I (Mvemba Nzinga) 15

Dr. James Emmanuel Kwegyir Aggrey, West African Educator 18

Archbishop Peter J. Akinola, Nigeria 21

Roland Allen, Missionary, Mission Theorist 24

St. Anthony of Egypt, Hermit, Abbot 27

Nana Asma'u, West African Islamic Religious Poet 29

St. Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, Teacher of the Faith 31

St. Augustine, Doctor of the Church, North African Bishop 34

St. Augustine's Unnamed Partner and Their Son, Godsend 37

St. Josephine Bakhita, Religious, Former Slave, Sudan and Italy 39

Stephen Biko, South African Political Activist, Martyr 41

Lott Cary, First American Black Missionary to Liberia, Governor of Liberia 44

Eugene Casalis, French Protestant Missionary to Basutoland 46

St. Catherine of Alexandria, Martyr 48

Mother Cecile, South African Religious Educator 50

John Chilembwe, Central African Pastor-Revolutionary 52

Clement of Alexandria, Father of the Church 55

Francois Colliard, French Missionary to South Africa 57

Daniel Comboni, Missionary Bishop to Egypt and the Sudan, Founder of the Comboni Missionary Congregations 59

Ernest Creux and Paul Berthoud, Swiss Missionaries to South Africa 62

Samuel Ajayi Crowther, African Bishop of the Niger Territories 64

Alexander Crummell, "Missionary at Large of the Colored People," Liberia, Sierra Leone 67

St. Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, Martyr 69

St. Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop and Doctor of the Church 71

The Desert People 73

Olaudah Equiano, Freed Slave and Author 75

Farid Esack, South African Muslim 78

Sts. Felicitas and Perpetua and Companions, Martyrs at Carthage 80

Gonville ffrench-Beytagh, Dean of Johannesburg Cathedral, Human Rights Prisoner 83

Charles de Foucauld, Hermit and Martyr in the Sahara 85

Mohandas K. Gandhi, Nonviolent Religious Leader, Martyr 88

Pope Gelasius I 90

Robert Gray, Bishop of the Church of the Province of South Africa 91

Hagar, Slave Woman of Egypt, and Her Son, Ishmael 93

James Hannington, Bishop and Martyr 95

Imam Abdullah Haron, Islamic Leader, Murdered by South African Police 97

The Prophet Harris (William Wade Harris), Evangelist, Liberia and Ivory Coast 99

Trevor Huddleston, "Bishop Trevor of Sophiatown" 102

St. Anne-Marie Javouhey, Founder, Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny, Missionary to Africa 105

John Kaiser, Priest, Murdered in Kenya 107

Khama Boikano, South African Chief and Christian Leader 109

Simon Kimbangu, Imprisoned Congolese Religious Leader, Founder of Kimbanguist Church 111

Apolo Kivebulaya, East African Pastor and Missionary 114

Festo Kivengere, Ugandan Bishop and Evangelist 117

Joseph Kiwanku, First African Roman Catholic Bishop of Modern Times 119

Lactantius, Christian Apologist, North Africa 121

Charles Martial Allemand Lavigerie, Primate of Africa, Founder of the White Fathers and Sisters 123

Francois Libermann, French Catholic Missionary 125

David Livingstone, Missionary, Explorer, Abolitionist 127

Dr. Matthew Lukwiya, Ugandan Physician, Ebola Victim 129

Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli, Zulu Chief, Nobel Prize Laureate 131

Janani Luwum, Archbishop of Uganda, Martyr 133

The Martyrs of the Christian Fraternity, Buta, Burundi 136

The Martyrs of Uganda 138

Manche Masemola, South African Martyr 140

St. Miltiades, Pope and Martyr 142

Bernard Mizeki, Catechist and Martyr 143

Robert Moffat, South African Missionary, Bible Translator 145

Monica, Mother of Augustine 147

Alice Mulenga Lenshina, Visionary, Evangelist 148

Valliamma Munusamy, Teenage Martyr, South Africa 150

Marc Nikkel, Apostle to Sudan's Oppressed 152

Christinah Ma (Mother) Nku, South African Healer 154

Ntsikana, Xhona Christian Prophet 156

Origen, North African Teacher and Church Father 158

St. Pachomius, Founder of Coptic Monasticism 160

Alan Paton, Writer 162

Franz Pfanner, Monk, Missionary to South Africa 164

John Philip, Missionary in South Africa 166

Albie Sachs, Jewish South African Human Rights Activist, Supreme Court Justice 168

Albert Schweitzer, Missionary, Medical Doctor, Humanitarian 171

Leopold Sedar Senghor, Senegalese Poet-President 173

Shamima Shaikh, South African Muslim and Cancer Victim 175

Simon of Cyrene 177

Mary Slessor ("Ma"), Missionary in Calabar 178

Tiyo Soga, First Black Presbyterian Minister Ordained for South Africa 180

Blessed Cyprian Iwene Tansi, Priest and Monk, Southern Nigeria 182

Tertullian, North African Christian Teacher 185

Desmond Tutu, Archbishop, Nobel Prize Laureate 187

Henry Venn, Missionary Statesman 189

Victor I, Pope and Saint 191

Victor of Vita, North African Bishop, Church Historian 192

Kimpa Vita (Dona Beatriz) 193

John White, Missionary to the Mashona People of South Africa 196

Salim Wilson, The Black Evangelist of the North 198

Zeno of Verona, Bishop and Saint 200

African Diary 201

African Prayers, Proverbs, and Wise Sayings 211.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-235).

ISBN:

082451971X

OCLC:

48223636