Sons of Africa
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SONS OF AFRICA
SONS OF AFRICA
by
GEORGINA A. GOLLOCK
Former Joint Editor of the International
Review of Missions. Author of Lives
of Eminent Africans, etc.
Decorations by
AARON DOUGLAS
FRIENDSHIP PRESS
New York
COPYRIGHT, 1928, BY G. Q. LeSOURD
Printed in the United States of America
TO MY FRIEND
JAMES EMMAN KWEGYIR AGGREY
of Salisbury, North Carolina, and of
Achimota College, Gold Coast
WHO IN LIFE AND DEATH
LINKED AFRICA AND NORTH AMERICA
TOGETHER
CONTENTS
| Preface | ix | |
| I. | The Discovery of the Sons of Africa | 3 |
| II. | The Great Askia: A Tale of Timbuktu | 13 |
| III. | Osai Tutu Kwamina: From Kumasi to the Coast | 26 |
| IV. | A Nigerian Romance: The Career of Bishop Crowther | 43 |
| V. | Tshaka the Zulu: A Black Napoleon | 58 |
| VI. | Moshesh the Nation Builder | 72 |
| VII. | Khama the Good | 90 |
| VIII. | Sir Apolo Kagwa: From Page to Prime Minister | 107 |
| IX. | Where Three Continents Meet: The Life Work of J. E. Kwegyir Aggrey | 122 |
| Part One. 1875–1924 | ||
| Part Two. 1924–1927 | | |
| X. | Men of Affairs | 152 |
| Edward Wilmot Blyden, Scholar and Diplomat—John Mensah Sarbah, Lawyer and Author—John Tengo Jabavu, Editor and Patriot—Kanjundu, Chief near Bihé, Angola—David Livingstone’s Servants. | ||
| XI. | Evangelists, Pastors, Leaders | 172 |
| The Call of the Congo Forest: Apolo Kivubulaya at work—Forty Years’ Service in Togoland: David Besa, Lutheran Pastor—Francis, Evangelist in Basutoland—Calvin Matsivi Mapope: A Thonga Tale—William Wadé Harris, Liberian Prophet. | ||
| XII. | Among the Prophets | 194 |
| Malaki of Uganda—Elijah II of Southern Nigeria—Kibangu of the Congo—Southern African Developments—The Making of Prophets. | ||
| XIII. | Mothers of Men | 221 |
| All Sorts and Conditions of Women—The Story of Rakeri—The Story of Mama Ekila—Dr. Aggrey’s View. | ||
| XIV. | To Conclude— | 240 |
| Map |
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