| Zambia Stole My Heart Contributor(s): Temple, Merfyn Morley (Author), Quine, Ruth (Editor), Lubett, Roland (Editor) |
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ISBN: 095303691X ISBN-13: 9780953036912 Publisher: Millipede Books OUR PRICE: $16.10 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Religion | Christian Ministry - Missions - History | Africa - Central |
| Dewey: 266 |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.70 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Fired with the vision of missionary work in Africa, Merfyn Temple trained as a Methodist minister and sailed for Northern Rhodesia in 1943. Yet he soon came to reject the classic colonial-missionary mould. He joined the campaign for Zambian independence and became a close friend of President Kenneth Kaunda, working for the new Zambia in its struggles and mistakes. In his seven years of grass-roots life in the village of Chipapa, Merfyn combined the roles of rural development manager, outspoken advocate for justice, and local community worker, encouraging self-reliance and organic agriculture. He tells of his persistent belief in the people, and in their capacities to build their lives and livelihoods: attitudes that are gaining a wider currency, forty years after his pioneering work. "He is a major prophet of the modern Church, and to crown his other gifts he has absorbed the African skill for enthralling story-telling." Author and broadcaster Dr Colin Morris |
