Reclaiming the Women of Britain's First Mission to West Africa: Three Lives Lost and Found

Taking as its starting point a cache of fifty letters from three women who were part of Britain's first mission to West Africa, this book counters the prevailing narrative that the early nineteenth century mission was a uniquely European and male affair.

About the author

Fiona Leach, Ph.D. (1991), is Professor Emerita of international education at the University of Sussex, UK. She is a former editor of the journal Compare and has researched and published widely on gender and education in Africa and Asia, including "Resisting Conformity: Missionary Women and the Schooling of Girls in Early 19th Century West Africa", History of Education, 2011, and "African girls, 19th Century Mission Education and the Patriarchal Imperative", Gender and Education, 2008.

Product details

• Authors: Fiona Leach
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.11.2018
• EAN: 9789004387119
• ISBN: 978-90-04-38711-9
• No. of pages: 468
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 236 mm x 33 mm
• Weight: 780 g
• Series: Studies of Religion in Africa
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories