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Kenya – An East-Africa bordering on the Indian Ocean.
Kenya was inhabited in historic times by various Cushitic,
Nilotic, and Buantuy peoples including the Kikuyu and
Masaii who still inhabit the country today. Arab traders
settled the coast in the 8th century, followed by the
Portuguese in the 16-18th centuries. Kenya became a British
protectorate in 1890 and crown colony in 1920. It achieved
independence in 1963.
- Uganda
– An east-African country which is home to some of the
friendliest people on the African continent. Various kingdoms
and states were established here beginning in the 14th
century, such as the Bantu kingdom of the Buganda tribe
which became a British protectorate in 1894. This protectorate
later extended to the entire region and became independent
Uganda in 1962.
- Mozambique
- A country of southeast Africa. Inhabited by Bantu peoples
from the 1st century A.D., the coast was settled by Arab
traders beginning in the 8th century. The Portuguese colonized
the area in the early 16th century and governed it as
part of their India holdings until 1752, when a separate
administrative unit was formed. It became an overseas
province in 1951 and, after a decade of civil war, gained
its independence in 1975. Maputo is the capital and the
largest city. Population: 16,614,000.
Recommended reading:
Africa
Guest, Robert: The Shackled Continent:
Power, Corruption, and African Lives.
Meredith, Martin: The Fate of Africa: From
the Hopes of Freedom to the Heart of Despair.
Hochschild, Adam: King Leopold’s Ghost
Gourevitch, Philip: We Wish to Inform you
that Tomorrow We Will be Killed with our Families: Stores
from Rwanda.
Paton, Alan: Cry, the Beloved Country.
Kapuscinski, Ryszard: The Shadow of the
Sun.
Fuller, Alexandra: Don’t Let’s Go to the
Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood.
Kaleeba, Noerine: A Broken Landscape: HIV
& AIDS in Africa.
Wooten, Jim: We Are All the Same: A Story
of a Boy’s Courage and a Mother’s Love
Sustainable
Development
Myers,
Bryant: Walking with the Poor: Principles and Practices
of Transformational Development.
Anderson, Mary B: Do No Harm: How Aid Can
Support Peace – or War.
Terry, Fiona: Condemned to Repeat? The
Paradox of Humanitarian Action.
Global Christianity
Jenkins,
Philip: The Next Christendom. The Coming of Global
Christianity. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
Sanneh, Lamin: Whose Religion is Christianity?
The Gospel Beyond the West. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003
Wolterstorff, Nicholas: Until Justice and
Peace Embrace. Grand Rapids: Eerdmanns, 1983.
Christian, Jayakumar: God of the Empty-Handed.
Poverty, Power, and the Kingdom of God. Monrovia: World
Vision, 1999
Bonk, Jonathan: Missions and Money: The
Problem of Missionary Affluence. Maryknoll: Orbis, 2000.
Ackermann, Denise: After the Locusts: Letters
from a Landscape of Faith. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003.
Chun Hyun Kyung: Asian Faces of Jesus.U
Maryknoll: Orbis Boods, 1993.
Escobar, Samuel: The New Global Mission:
The Gospel from Everywhere to Everyone. Downers Grove: Intervarsity
Press, 2003.
Samuel, Vinay and Chris Sugden: (Eds.)
Mission as Transformation. A Theology of the Whole Gospel.
Harrisonburg: Regnum Press, 1999.
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