The "missionary factor" is a vital element in modern African history. Christian missionaries in medicine and education have contributed greatly to African advancement--many outstanding African leaders are the products of mission schools--but were the missions the agents of a distorting western imperialism? Based on the letters and contemporary records of Herbert Gerrard and his wife Doris, this book leaves readers to judge for themselves. It shows the practice of medicine in the most difficult conditions and by a dedicated doctor on trek. On the "hut call" and in the mission hospitals Gerrard dealt with a huge range of medical problems from gastro-enteritis, measles--a deadly disease in Africa--pneumonia, malaria, leprosy--the whole range of tropical diseases.
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John W. Gerrard served as a missionary for 19 years in Zambia (then Northern Rhodesia) and 7 years in Kenya.
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I was born on a small mission station on the banks of the Kafue River in what is now called Zambia, but was then called Northern Rhodesia. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Northern Rhodesia, South Africa, World Bank, Primitive Methodist, Addis Ababa, Auntie Win, Edwin Smith, Jim Potter, Margaret Bell, Victoria Falls, Uncle Tom, United Nations, First World War, Fort Hare, Mau Mau, Mount Kenya, Sam Berresford, Cape Town, East Africa, United States, Broken Hill, Jomo Kenyatta, Kafue River, Kariba Dam, Maua Methodist Hospital New!
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Northern Rhodesia, South Africa, World Bank, Primitive Methodist, Addis Ababa, Auntie Win, Edwin Smith, Jim Potter, Margaret Bell, Victoria Falls, Uncle Tom, United Nations, First World War, Fort Hare, Mau Mau, Mount Kenya, Sam Berresford, Cape Town, East Africa, United States, Broken Hill, Jomo Kenyatta, Kafue River, Kariba Dam, Maua Methodist Hospital New!
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- Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela on page 131, and page 243
- Work of Art by Sinclair Lewis on page 112
- Freedom in the Modern World by John Macmurray on page 158
- Reason and Emotion by John Macmurray on page 158
- School in the Bush: A Critical Study of the Theory and Practice of Native Education in Africa (Library of African Study) by A. Victor Murray on page 247
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