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Monsembe : Baptist Missionary Society, 1900. 'Imprimerie "Hannah Wade", Baptist Missionary Society, Bolobo, Haut Congo, E?tat Inde?pendant du Congo'(title page verso). Small octavo (174 x 121 mm), original pebbled red cloth over boards, upper board with stamped lettering and decoration in black; front pastedown with pencilled name of early owner Charles W. Carter, pp 79; text in Lingala; a very good copy; loosely inserted is a folded card inscribed in pencil: 'Congo Hymn-Book inLokeli Dialect. From Yakusu. Presented by Rev. Millman to C. W. Carter'. Hymns translated into Lingala by missionaries J.H. Weeks, W.H. Stapleton, C.J. Dodds, H.T. Stonelake and others. This association copy was given by English missionary Richard Millman,one of the most important figures at the Yakusu Mission in the Congo, to C. W. Carter, author of A half century of American Wesleyan Missions in West Africa (Syracuse, 1940). Lingala(Ngala) is aBantu languagespoken in what are today the northwest of theDemocratic Republic of the Congo, the northern half of theRepublic of the Congo, their capitals,KinshasaandBrazzaville, and to a lesser degree inAngola, theCentral African Republicand southernSouth Sudan. 'Yakusuwas a mission in theDemocratic Republic of the Congo, on theCongo Riverjust west and downstream ofKisangani.TheBaptist Missionary Societymission was established between 1895 and 1896 at the highest navigable point of the Congo, just below the Stanley Falls. The Stanley Falls zone consisted of strips of land 20 kilometres deep along both banks of the Congo betweenStanley FallsandIsangi. It was declared a free trade zone, where the state abandoned its interests to private enterprise. The people of the region included theLokele,Turumbu, Bakumu, Wagenya, Bamanga and Tovoke. The mission embarked on a program of educating local people, who in turn became teachers in village schools. With high demand, often the education of the teachers had to be rushed. By 1905 the mission had 3,200 pupils at 70 rural schools in the zone. Initially, the mission was on good terms with the authorities. However, as their influence grew there were rumours that the British planned to take over the region. In January 1907 the governor-generalAlbert Lantonnoisordered the district commissioner of the Orientale Province to take vigorous measures to counter the influence of the Protestants. A medical mission hospital was built at the Yakusu mission in 1920. The hospital was designed by architect Arnold Chesterman and was led by his brother Dr.Clement Clapton Chesterman. Dr. Chesterman developed a network of community clinics staffed by Congolese to address the epidemic of sleeping sickness. The mission treated numerous tropical diseases. In 1938 with the work of Stanley George Browne it became a leprosarium. During the colonial era from the 1930s to the 1960s Yakusu was a center of missionary and medical activity. Nurses were trained as both evangelists and health assistants. In the early 1930s the localMbole peoplebegan to be pressed into working on plantations and building roads. The Yakusu doctors were no longer allowed to use porters, and instead took to motorbikes, while the nurses used bicycles. There was a leprosarium across the river atYalisombo.' (Wikipedia).…

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[MISSIONS; AFRICA] Njembo
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WEEKS, John H.; STAPLETON, Walter Henry; DODDS, C. J.; STONELAKE, Henry Thomas
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Douglas Stewart Fine Books is an antiquarian bookseller based in Melbourne, Australia. Our showroom is in High Street, Armadale, a precinct famous for its antique dealers, art galleries and bookshops. We buy and sell books both locally and around the world, working closely with clients to understand their collecting priorities and to source appropriate material. Our clients include libraries, galleries, museums, private collectors and fellow members of the trade. Douglas Stewart is a member of the major international trade associations, and his business is conducted according to their high ethical standards. For many years he has been a Board member of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (ANZAAB) and is currently its President; he is also a Mentor for the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. Douglas Stewart Fine Books sells rare books across all fields, but our strengths are in travel and exploration – particularly of Australia and the Pacific – and Australian art. In addition, we deal in all types of heritage material, including photographs, manuscripts, ephemera, maps and globes, and fine art. Each month we issue a new online catalogue of recent acquisitions; we recommend that you join our email list so you can be among the first to see what’s available. Please do not hesitate to contact us regarding any works you see online – we are always happy to assist with your enquiries. We are also keen to buy rare and interesting books, photographs and ephemera, from important single items to entire libraries or collections. You are welcome to contact us if you have something to sell which you think may be of interest to us. We love meeting new people and welcoming visitors to our shop (open Monday to Saturday), but if you can't make it to Melbourne you can find probably find us at one of the major fairs in London, New York, Los Angeles, Amsterdam, Toronto, San Francisco, Boston, Hong Kong or Sydney - all places we have exhibited in since 2009. Douglas Stewart Fine Books…

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