the Basel Mission in pre- and early colonial Ghana Sill, Ulrike. creator text bibliography mau Boston Brill 2010 monographic eng

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xvi, 420 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. The Basel Women's Mission in the European and the Basel context -- The women involved in Basel Mission encounters on the Gold Coast -- Embodying Christian womanhood : 'African' actors in the Basel Mission -- Christiansborg : acquiring space to propagate Basel femininity -- Akuapem and Akuropon (1) : establishing new spaces -- Akuapem (2) : existing loyalties and new options -- Innovation by women : the case of "six-fingered children" -- Creating a new female space : the Basel Mission girls' boarding schools -- Women's speech in the Basel Mission community and beyond. by Ulrike Sill. Includes bibliographical references and index. f-gh--- e-sz--- Missions Ghana History 19th century Christian women Ghana History 19th century Evangelische Missionsgesellschaft in Basel History 19th century Ghana Church history 19th century BV3625.G6 S56 2010 266/.0234940667082 9789004188884 (hardback : alk. paper) 2010011777 DLC 100322 20210518095320.0 16147906