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A Baptist missionary, blinded by his own self-importance and obsession takes his family to the Congo, during the time frame of its turbulent transition from being a Belgian colony to democratic independence. This arrogant, controlling and self-centred preacher has a single-minded determination to convert and baptise the native people, and thereby ‘save’ their souls. However, the fa ...more
A Baptist missionary, blinded by his own self-importance and obsession takes his family to the Congo, during the time frame of its turbulent transition from being a Belgian colony to democratic independence. This arrogant, controlling and self-centred preacher has a single-minded determination to convert and baptise the native people, and thereby ‘save’ their souls. However, the fa ...more
An interesting view into ex Belgian Congo in the 60's and 70's with multiple female narrative voices.
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