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This website is an initiative of the Think Tank of the Missionaries of Africa on African Traditional Religion.
It aims at bringing together in one place all publications pertaining to African culture and religion produced by
members of the Society of the Missionaries of Africa. It is a work in progress.
Publications by Missionaries of Africa on ATR
Boucher, Claude (Chisale). When Animals Sing and Spirits Dance: Gule Wamkulu: the Great Dance of the Chewa People of Malawi. Kungoni Centre of Culture and Art, 2012.
Carey, Frank. Ûshikala pa nsaka: takula mu mâno: Common Bemba proverbs to understand the art of living. Lusaka: FENZA, 2021.
Chama, Evans K. A Woman Like Mum: How Customs and Popular Sayings Contribute to the Discrimination and Violence Against Women. Lusaka: 2011.
Corbeil, Jean-Jacques. Mbusa: Sacred Emblems of the Bemba. Ethnographica Publishers, 1982.
de Rasilly, Bernard. Dictionnaire Boomu-Français, revu et corrigé par M. Bloemarts, M.Afr. & Pakone François Keita. Ouagadougou: Harmattan Burkina, 2016.
Hannecart, Karl. Intrepid Sowers: From Nyasa to Chipata 1889-2012. Rome: White Fathers Archive, 2012.
Hinfelaar, Hugo. History of the Catholic Church in Zambia 1895-1995. Lusaka: Bookworld Publishers, 2004.
Hinfelaar, Hugo. Bemba-Speaking Women of Zambia in a Century of Religious Change (1892-1992). Leiden, NewYork, Cologne: Brill, 1994.
Hinfelaar, Hugo. "Women's revolt: The Lumpa Church of Lenshina Mulenga in the 1950s". Journal of Religion in Africa 21: 99-129 (1991).
Hinfelaar, Marja, Bernhard Udelhoven, and Austin Cheyeka. "The Changing Face of Zambia's Christianity and its Implications for the Public Sphere: Case Study of Bauleni Township, Lusaka". Journal of Southern African Studies 40: 1031-1045 (2014).
Hoch, E. Mbusa: The Emblems of Initiation : A Contribution to the Study of Babemba Customs and Those of Neighbouring Tribes. Ilondola Language Centre, 1996.
Hoch, E. The Bemba of Zambia: Outlines of their Life Cycle and Belief . Ilondola Language Centre, 1972.
Hoch, E. Munshifika Ku Bwingi: Tapeelwe Shina . Ilondola Language Centre, 1968.
Hoch, E. 1,111 Bemba Proverbs. Ilondola Language Centre, 1966.
Hoch, E. Know Your Home Zambia. Ilondola Language Centre, 1963.
Hoch, E. Bemba Pocket Dictionary: Bemba - English and English - Bemba. Missionaries of Africa, 1960.
Kisembo, Benezeri, Laurenti Magesa, and Aylward Shorter. African Christian Marriage. London: Geoffrey Chapman, 1977.
Labreque, Edouard. Beliefs and Religious Practices of the Bemba and Neighbouring Tribes. Edited by Louis Oger. Translated by P Boyd. Chinsali: Language Centre, 1982.
Labreque, Edouard. "Le mariage chez les Babemba". Africa 4: 209-221 (1931).
Lafollie, Pierre and Fimbusa Group Kasama. Ifimbusa. Lusaka: FENZA, 2021.
Mumbi, Patrick Mulenga. Teen Suicide: the Uncanny Experience: Small Local Hand Book of Teen Suicide. Lusaka: FENZA, 2024.
Mumbi, Patrick Mulenga. Tonga Mourning Ritual (Dilwe): The Therapeutic Aspect. Lusaka: FENZA, 2018.
Nolan, Francis. Les Pères Blancs entre les deux guerres mondiales : Histoire des Missionnaires d'Afrique (1919-1939) (French Edition) . Karthala, 2015.
Nolan, Francis. Catholic missions between the wars: The White Fathers in colonial Africa (1919–39). Paulines Publications Africa, 2012.
Nolan, Francis. Mission to the Great Lakes: The White Fathers in Western Tanzania, 1878-1978. T.M.P. Book Department, 1978.
Oger, Louis. ‘Where a scattered flock gathered’ Ilondola 1934-1984: A Catholic Mission in a Protestant area, (Free Church of Scotland) Chinsali District (Zambia). Ndola: Mission Press, 1991.
Oger, Louis. Forget Me Not: Camwaka, Sambateshi Jean-Baptiste Mangara. Ndola: Mission Press, 1991.
Oger, Louis. "Spirit Possession among the Bemba". Paper presented at Conference on History of Central African Religions, Lusaka, 1972.
Phiri, Felix J. Muslim Associations and the Resurgence of Islam in Zambia. Lusaka: FENZA and Lembani Trust, 2008.
Phiri, Felix J. "Islam in Post-Colonial Zambia". In One Zambia Many Histories. Edited by Giacomo Macola, Marja Hinfelaar, and Jan-Bart Gewald, Brill, 2008, 164-184.
Rosner, Gotthard, Bernhard Udelhoven, and Patrick Mumbi. Dreams: Where do Biblical, Zambian, and Western Approaches Meet? Lusaka: FENZA, 2015.
Sawadogo, Adrien Mamadou. Dieu m'a saisi: Hier musulman, aujourd'hui prêtre catholique. Béatitudes (Editions des), 2020.
Shorter, Aylward. The White Fathers and the Second World War 1936-1947. Waterstones, 2008.
Shorter, Aylward. An Achievement without Parallel: A History of the Missionary Institue London (1967-2007). Waterstones, 2007.
Shorter, Aylward. African Recruits and Missionary Conscripts: The White Fathers and the Great War (1914-1922). Rome: Missionaries of Africa, 2007.
Shorter, Aylward. Cross & Flag in Africa: The "White Fathers" during the Colonial Scramble (1892-1914). Orbis Books, 2006.
Shorter, Aylward. Religious Obedience in Africa. Paulines Publications Africa, 2000.
Shorter, Aylward. Practical fieldwork methods in social anthropology. Nairobi: Paulines Publications Africa, 2000.
Shorter, Aylward. Religious Poverty in Africa. Paulines Publications, 1999.
Shorter, Aylward. Celibacy and African Culture. Paulines Publications Africa, 1998.
Shorter, Aylward. Christianity and the African imagination: After the African Synod: resources for inculturation. Paulines Publications Africa, 1996.
Shorter, Aylward. Evangelization and Culture. UNKNO, 1994.
Shorter, Aylward. The Church in the African City. Orbis Books, 1991.
Shorter, Aylward. Toward a Theology of Inculturation. Wipf and Stock Publishers, 1988.
Shorter, Aylward. Jesus and the Witchdoctor: Approach to Healing and Wholeness. Continuum International Publishing, 1985.
Shorter, Aylward. Revelation and Its Interpretation: Introducing Catholic Theology. Geoffrey Chapman, 1983.
Shorter, Aylward. Priest in the village: Experiences of African Community. Geoffrey Chapman, 1979.
Shorter, Aylward. Chiefship in Western Tanzania: A Political History of the Kimbu. Clarendon Press, 1978.
Shorter, Aylward. African Christian Spirituality. Geoffrey Chapman, 1978.
Shorter, Aylward. African Christian Theology: Adaptation or Incarnation? Orbis Books, 1977.
Shorter, Aylward. Prayer in the Religious Traditions of Africa. Oxford University Press, 1976.
Shorter, Aylward. African culture and the Christian church: An introduction to social and pastoral anthropology. Orbis Books, 1974.
Shorter, Aylward. East African Societies. Routledge, 1974.
Shorter, Aylward. Theology of Mission. Fides Publishers, 1972.
Shorter, Aylward and Joseph N Njiru. New Religious Movements in Africa. Paulines Publications, 2001.
Shorter, Aylward and Edwin Onyancha. Street Children in Africa: A Nairobi case Study. Paulines Publications, 1999.
Shorter, Aylward and Edwin Onyancha. Securalism in Africa: A Case Study: Nairobi City. Paulines Publications Africa, 1997.
Stenger, Friedrich W. White Fathers in Colonial Central Africa: A Critical Examination of V. Y. Mudimbe's Theories on Missionary Discourse in Africa. Lit Verlag, n.d.
Tanguy, Francois. A Short History of the Bemba People of Northern Zambia, 1485 - 1946. Translated by Chintundya Kalyamalwe Chitala Mbita. Zambia Education Publishing House and Zambia Research Foundation, 2017.
Tanguy, Francois. Imilandu ya Babemba. Oxford University Press, 1966.
Udelhoven, Bernhard. "'Witchcraft is Real!'". In The Grammar of the Spirit World in Pentecostalized Africa. Edited by Herman Kroesbergen, Johanneke Kroesbergen, and Philipp Öhlmann, Lit Verlag, 2024, 53-78.
Udelhoven, Bernhard. "Health and Abundant Life: Catholic Healing amid a Plurality of Healing Paradigms in Africa". In Handbook of African Catholicism. Edited by Stan Chu Ilo, 2022, 511-537.
Udelhoven, Bernhard. "Domestic Morality, 'Traditional Dogma', and Christianity in a Rural Zambian Community". Zambia Social Science Journal 8: article 2 (2022).
Udelhoven, Bernhard. "Witchcraft and Politics in Zambia". In Competing for Caesar: Religion and Politics in Post-Colonial Zambia. Edited by Chammah J Kaunda and Marja Hinfelaar, Augsburg: Fortress, 2020, 145-172.
Udelhoven, Bernhard. "The Devil of the Missionary Church: The White Fathers and Catholic Evangelisation in Zambia". Journal of Global Catholicism 2: 70-109 (2017).
Udelhoven, Bernhard. "Seeing witchcraft". Journal of Global Catholicism 2: 120-142 (2017).
Udelhoven, Bernhard. "Quand l’emprise des mauvais esprits devient appel au secours: Un ministère de délivrance en Afrique". Spiritus 227: 135-150 (2017).
Udelhoven, Bernhard. Unseen Worlds: Dealing with Spirits, Witchcraft, and Satanism. Lusaka: FENZA, 2015.
Udelhoven, Bernhard. Christianity in the Luangwa Valley: Where faith and culture meet or don't meet. Lusaka: FENZA, 2007.
Udelhoven, Bernhard. Ifishilano ku Kabende na kwa Sokontwe. Lusaka: FENZA, 2007.
van Kessel, Toon. Dzedzere-dzedzere salingana nkugweratu: Collection of Chewa proverbs. Lusaka: FENZA, 2015.
White Fathers. The White Fathers Bemba-English Dictionary. Joint Publications Bureau, Longmans, Green, 1954.