Encounters in quest of Christian womanhood [electronic resource] : the Basel Mission in pre- and early colonial Ghana / by Ulrike Sill.

By: Sill, UlrikeContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in Christian mission ; v. 39.Publication details: Boston : Brill, 2010Description: xvi, 420 p. : illISBN: 9789004193734 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Missions -- Ghana -- History -- 19th century | Christian women -- Ghana -- History -- 19th century | Ghana -- Church history -- 19th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 266/.0234940667082 LOC classification: BV3625.G6 | S56 2010Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
The Basel Women's Mission in the European and the Basel context -- The women involved in Basel Mission encounters on the Gold Coast -- Embodying Christian womanhood : 'African' actors in the Basel Mission -- Christiansborg : acquiring space to propagate Basel femininity -- Akuapem and Akuropon (1) : establishing new spaces -- Akuapem (2) : existing loyalties and new options -- Innovation by women : the case of "six-fingered children" -- Creating a new female space : the Basel Mission girls' boarding schools -- Women's speech in the Basel Mission community and beyond.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Basel Women's Mission in the European and the Basel context -- The women involved in Basel Mission encounters on the Gold Coast -- Embodying Christian womanhood : 'African' actors in the Basel Mission -- Christiansborg : acquiring space to propagate Basel femininity -- Akuapem and Akuropon (1) : establishing new spaces -- Akuapem (2) : existing loyalties and new options -- Innovation by women : the case of "six-fingered children" -- Creating a new female space : the Basel Mission girls' boarding schools -- Women's speech in the Basel Mission community and beyond.

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