Johnson, William Percival.

My African Reminiscences, 1875-1895.

Westminster, Universities Mission to Central Africa, no year (1924). 14 cm x 21 xm. Frontispiece, 236 pages. 8 illustrations, including frontispiece. Fold-out map at rear of Lake Nyasa. Private Hardcover [publisher’s original maroon cloth] with gilt lettering on black spinelabel. Sprinkled edges. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Fold-out map is creased. Interior is tight, bright and clean with new endpapers.

Includes, for example, the following: Masasi / Mbweni / A Visit to the Gwangwara / Likoma / Everyday Life / The Challenge of the Lake / Appendix / Index etc.

William Percival Johnson (12 March 1854 – October 1928 ) was an Anglican missionary to Nyasaland (Malawi). After education at Bedford School (1863–1873) and graduation from University College, Oxford he went to Africa with the Universities’ Mission to Central Africa, under Bishop Edward Steere. Johnson, who remained single throughout his life, had an ascetic life-style and a burning concern not to impose European culture unnecessarily on the African church. He was awarded an honorary D.D. by Oxford in 1911. He was most at home in the African bush, where he died, at Liuli, on the eastern side of Lake Nyasa. (‘Johnson, William Percival’ from Dictionary of African Christian Biography online)

In Malawi, he is regarded locally as a saint and there is a “St Johnson’s Day” celebrated. Local demands for his canonization were referred by letter to the Lambeth Conference in 1958, where a compromise that he was regarded as “Blessed” was offered. The Anglican Diocese of South West Tanganyika continues to regard Johnson as a saint. (Wikipedia)

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• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 120157AB

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