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Fipa Families: Reproduction and Catholic Evangelization in Nkansi, Ufipa, 1880-1960.(Book review)

Publication: African Studies Quarterly
Publication Date: 22-MAR-07
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Fipa Families: Reproduction and Catholic Evangelization in Nkansi, Ufipa, 1880-1960. Kathleen R. Smythe. Portsmouth: Heinemann, 2006. 202 pp.

This eloquent and succinct study skillfully explores intimate relationships between Catholic White Father missionaries and Fipa people living on of...

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...the coast Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania. Rather than try to discuss the wide range of interactions between Fipa and missionaries, the author concentrates on the themes of family life, generational and age expectations, and tensions between African and European priests, lay people, and nuns within the mission. Many of the typical concerns of scholars examining missionaries in colonial Africa receive little coverage here, especially spiritual beliefs. However, Smythe wisely warns her readers that her topic is family history rather than religious change writ large (p. xiv). And, if one...

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