- 466 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
This is the fascinating and important story of how God's Word came to East Africa. Beginning with the pioneering efforts of Krapf and Rebmann, Aloo Osotsi Mojola traces the history of Bible translation in the region from 1844 to the present. He incorporates four decades of personal conversations and interviews, along with extensive research, to provide the first comprehensive account of the translations undertaken in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, and eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The maps and tables included assist the reader, as does a history of the Swahili language – its standardization, role as lingua franca, and impact on the work of translation. Mojola's writing is a tribute to those who sacrificed much in their quest to see the word of God accessible to all people, in all places – and the many who continue to sacrifice for the peoples of East Africa. This book is a key contribution to the important and ongoing narrative of how God has met us, and continues to meet us, in our own contexts and our own languages.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Contents
- Epigraph
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 Setting the Stage for the Story
- 2 Krapf and Steere Set the Ball Rolling: The Beginnings of Bible Translation in East Africa and the Story of the Swahili Bible
- 3 The People of Pwani: From Lamu to Mtwara
- 4 A Leap into the Interior
- 5 The “Mountains of the Moon”
- 6 The Eastern Bantu Neighbors of the Baganda
- 7 The People of the White Mountain
- 8 The Move to Central Tanganyika
- 9 The Spread to the Lake
- 10 The Hills and the Valleys: From the Southern Highlands to the Shores of Lake Malawi and Lake Tanganyika
- 11 Facing Mount Kenya
- 12 The Nilotes of the Eastern Great Rift Valley
- 13 The Jii Peoples of East Africa
- 14 The Sudanic Peoples of the West Nile
- 15 The Cushitic Peoples of Kenya and Tanzania
- 16 Concluding Remarks
- Appendix A Perspectives from Kenya
- Appendix B Perspectives from Tanzania
- Appendix C Perspectives from Uganda
- Appendix D Perspectives from the Region
- Appendix E History and Achievements of Bible Translation and Literacy in Kenya
- Bibliography
- Endnotes
- Index