Encounters in quest of Christian womanhood
Subtitle: the Basel Mission in pre- and early colonial Ghana
By: by Ulrike Sill
Series: Studies in Christian mission, 0924-9389 -- v. 39
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9789004188884
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Basel Women's Mission in the European and the Basel context; title: The women involved in Basel Mission encounters on the Gold Coast; title: Embodying Christian womanhood : 'African' actors in the Basel Mission; title: Christiansborg : acquiring space to propagate Basel femininity; title: Akuapem and Akuropon (1) : establishing new spaces; title: Akuapem (2) : existing loyalties and new options; title: Innovation by women : the case of "six-fingered children"; title: Creating a new female space : the Basel Mission girls' boarding schools; title: Women's speech in the Basel Mission community and beyond.