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- Title
FROM HAMPTON "[I]NTO THE HEART OF AFRICA": HOW FAITH IN GOD AND FOLKLORE TURNED CONGO MISSIONARY WILLIAM SHEPPARD INTO A PIONEERING ETHNOLOGIST.
- Authors
CARTON, BENEDICT
- Abstract
The article explores the role of religion and folklore in the career change of missionary William Henry Sheppard Jr., who became an ethnologist. The author describes Sheppard's missionary experience in the Congo Free State, his writings and speeches, which portrayed a religious revival in the Congo, and the violent political conditions in the Congo and other parts of Africa in the early 20th century. Topics include Sheppard's views on African evangelization, his study of African folklore and ethnology at Hampton University in Virginia, and his relationship with the Presbyterian Church, which was racially divided in the early 20th century. Sheppard's collection of African artwork, clothing, and tools is also discussed.
- Subjects
VIRGINIA; CONGO (Democratic Republic); AFRICA; SHEPPARD, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927; ETHNOLOGISTS; AFRICAN American missionaries; CHRISTIAN missions; HISTORY of the Congo (Democratic Republic), 1908-1960; ETHNOLOGY; ETHNIC studies; HAMPTON University (Va.); MISSIONARIES
- Publication
History in Africa: A Journal of Method, 2009, Vol 36, p53
- ISSN
0361-5413
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/hia.2010.0005