Blantyre Mission Stories of Its Beginning / Harry Kambwiri Matecheta, translation, introduction and annotation Thokozani Chilembwe and Todd Statham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Matecheta, Kambwiri, author.

Contributor:

Chilembwe, Thokozani, translator.

Statham, Todd, translator.

Series:

Berliner Beiträge zur Missionsgeschichte

Language:

English

Nyanja

Subjects (All):

Church of Scotland--Missions--Malawi--Blantyre Region.

Church of Scotland.

Blantyre Mission--History.

Blantyre Mission.

Missions--Malawi--History.

Missions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (102 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Mzuzu, Malawi : Luviri Press, [2020]

Summary:

When he was ordained in 1911, the Reverend Harry Kambwiri Matecheta became the first Malawian Presbyterian minister. Forty years later when he published Blantyre Mission: Nkhani za Chiyambi Chake (Hetherwick Press, 1951), he became Malawi's first church historian. Going beyond recounting facts, he offered his own distinctive analysis, which remains highly relevant to church and nation today. Thokozani Chilembwe and Todd Statham's beautifully prepared new edition makes this seminal text available to all who wish to expand their understanding of Malawi's history.

Contents:

1. How it all began

2. Slavery

3. The battle of Mkanala at Chiwambo

4. The arrival of the Mandala brothers

5. Life at school

6. The church grows

7. Cleland's courage

8. Sicknesses at the mission

9. Panthumbi Station

10. The war

11. Building the Blantyre Church

12. Training for holy ministry

13. The year 1915

14. The word of God reaches Mihekani

15. Building the nation

16. Official opening ceremony of the HHI

editor's postscript.

Notes:

"Translated from the Chichewa: Blantyre Mission: Nkhani za Ciyambi Cace (Blantyre: Hetherwick Press, 1951) and annotated by Thokozani Chilembwe and Todd Statham" -- Copyright page.

"First published by Wichern Verlag, Berlin (ISBN 978-3-88981-422-7) for the Berliner Gesellschaft für Missionsgeschichte in 2016" -- Copyright page.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789996066597

9996066592

OCLC:

1373987220