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Cover illustration: Mbalasi Makanya (now Makhanya) shortly before her death at the age of about 90 in 1874 (left). Ira Nembula, the son of Mbalasi (center). Mabuda Cele as a young preacher and evangelist at Umzumbe (top right). James Dube, another offspring of a royal family and a successful businessman (bottom right). Source: Pietermaritzburg Archives Repository (PAR). Used with kind permission.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Switzer, Les, author.
Title: God’s interpreters : the making of an American mission and an African church in America and South Africa / by Les Switzer.
Description: Boston, Massachusetts : Brill, 2024. | Series: Studies in Christian mission, 0924-9389 ; vol 59 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2023020475 (print) | LCCN 2023020476 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004541016 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004541023 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Missions–South Africa. | Missions–United States. | Zulu (African people)–Religion. | Zulu (African people)–Missions. | Imperialism–Religious aspects–Christianity. | KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) | Zululand (South Africa)
Classification: LCC BV3555 .S95 2024 (print) | LCC BV3555 (ebook) | DDC 266.00968–dc23/eng/20230821
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ISSN 0924-9389
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