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Author:   John M. Janzen (Kansas University, USA) ,  Harold F. Miller ,  John C. Yoder
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.743kg
ISBN:  

9780367474324

ISBN 10:   0367474328
Pages:   298
Publication Date:   02 March 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Foreword Aliko Songolo Introduction John M. Janzen, Harold F. Miller, and John C. Yoder Part One: Pioneers Chapter 1: Donald Jacobs—Missionary, Anthropologist, Church Leader, John C. Yoder Chapter 2: Melvin Loewen—Missionary, Educator, Banker to the World, John C. Yoder Chapter 3: David W. Shenk—Missionary, Professor, ""Saved One,"" Friend of Muslims John C. Yoder Part Two: Professors Chapter 4: The Road to Ghardaïa: Investigating a Community Deep in the Sahara Leads to the Study of Global History, Donald C. Holsinger Chapter 5: The Anthropology of Health and Healing in Africa John M. Janzen Chapter 6: Encountering and Demythologizing Africa, Curtis A. Keim Chapter 7: A Career in the Literature and Folklore of Africa, Karen R. Keim Chapter 8: From Chipembi, Zambia to Michigan State University: Reflections of a Mennonite Africanist Educator, John D. Metzler Chapter 9: The Economics of Development, E. Wayne Nafziger and John C. Yoder Chapter 10: Mary K. Oyer and David A. Shank—Recognizing and Embracing African Aesthetic and Spiritual Canons, James R. Krabill Chapter 11: Saȉd Sheikh Samatar and Lydia Glick Samatar—Love, Poetry, and History in the Horn of Africa Lydia Glick Samatar, Jonathan Lurie, Peter B. Golden, and David D. Laitin Chapter 12: Historical and Political Perspectives on African Culture, John C. Yoder Chapter 13: How Africa and the Mennonite Central Committee Touched My Life, Lauren W. Yoder Part Three: Practitioners Chapter 14: Establishing Private-Public Partnerships to Improve Health Services in Africa, Franklin C. Baer Chapter 15: We Live to Serve Others with a Holistic Touch, Musuto Mutaragara Chirangi Chapter 16: Combatting Malaria and Sleeping Sickness by Building Entomological Research Capacity in Africa, David L. Denlinger Chapter 17: Africa: A Transformative Place, D. Merrill Ewert Chapter 18: Learning from Africa: An Educator/Administrator’s Post-Colonial Pilgrimage, Ronald J. R. Mathies Chapter 19: Three Anthills, and the Pot will Catch the Fire: Fremont and Sara Regier’s Lifelong Calling to Service in Africa, Sara M. Regier Chapter 20: Working as an Applied Anthropologist in Public Health, P. Stanley Yoder Part Four: Observations from Outside Chapter 21: Mennonites, Jews, and the Historical Roots of an Africanist Ethos, Steven M. Feierman Chapter 22: Perspectives on Afro-pessimism, Afro-optimism, and African Culture, Paul Gifford Chapter 23: Reckoning with Colonialism and Mennonite Service: Reflections on Race, Class, Gender, and Power in Africa, Emily Welty"

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Intensely personal at times, and biographical in scope, this collection of essays takes its readers through four general sections: Pioneers, Professors, Practitioners, and Observations from the outside. The Pioneers section highlights three early Africanists from the Mennonite tradition: Donald Jacobs, Melvin Loewen, and David W. Shenk ... Ultimately, this volume is a wonderful account of a generation of scholars and practitioners of and in Africa from the Anabaptist tradition that made a profound impact on African Studies. It had the honest and vulnerable feel to Bronislaw Malinowski's A Diary in the Strict Sense of the Term (1967), about scholars and researchers from the Global North, often unprepared, conducting fieldwork in the Global South. Adam Mohr, University of Pennsylvania

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John M. Janzen is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Kansas, USA. Harold F. Miller served as a fraternal ecumenical service worker in Tanzania, Sudan, and Kenya, and is now retired in Virginia, USA. John C. Yoder is a Professor Emeritus of History and Political Science at Whitworth University, USA.

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