Full-length academic treatises are published as Kachere Monographs. Only the fruits of sound primary research which meet rigorous academic standards are being accepted for publication in this prestigious branch of the Series.

"AFRICA FOR THE AFRICAN”
The Life of Joseph Booth
Harry Langworthy
Without Joseph Booth, the pacifist, the armed Chilembwe Rising of 1915 would not have been possible. Harry Langworthy, Professor of History and great-grandson of Booth, tells the story of the “maverick missionary” in Malawi, South Africa, and Lesotho.
ISBN 99908-16-03-4, 516 pp, 1996
See also the reprinted Joseph Booth, Africa for the African, originally published in 1897.

BLANTYRE MISSION AND THE MAKING OF MODERN MALAWI
Andrew C. Ross
Why were, at independence, so many national leaders members of the CCAP (Church of Central Africa Presbyterian)? This was the question that spurned this thorough examination of the Blantyre Mission. Written in the 1960s, it remains today an indispensable work of reference for understanding both church and nation in Malawi.
ISBN 99908-16-02-6, 216 pp, 1997/2000 (repr.)

VOICES OF PREACHERS IN PROTEST
J.C. Chakanza
Religion has always played a role in the history of Malawi and interactions between politics and society were many. This book presents two preachers, Elliot Kamwana and Wilfred Gudu, who, in their different ways and at different times, challenged British colonial rule.
ISBN 99908-16-06-9, 107 pp, 1998

BUKU LOYERA
An Introduction to the New Chichewa Bible Translation
Ernst R. Wendland
This book offers a comprehensive analysis and interesting insights into the translation of the Bible into Chichewa. For those interested in the dynamics of translation, linguistics and those who love to read the Bible in Chichewa, this book is a valuable resource.
ISBN 99908-16-08-5, 224 pp, 1998

WOMEN, PRESBYTERIANISM AND PATRIARCHY
Isabel Apawo Phiri
A woman’s place is in the Church! Dr. Isabel Apawo Phiri looks at women’s religious experience in Central Malawi. From spirit mediumships to the current Chigwirizano women’s organizations this book encompasses the struggle of Chewa women for recognition of their own personal relationship to God.
ISBN 99908-16-06-9, 176 pp, 1997/2000 (repr.)

GOD, PEOPLE AND POWER IN MALAWI
Democratization in Theological Perspective
Kenneth R. Ross (ed.)
The period of profound change between 1992-94, in Malawi, raised many issues of power and accountability. In this book some of the key questions are explained and addressed from a theological perspective.
ISBN 99908-16-04-2, 272 pp, 1996/1999 (repr.)

RELIGION AND THE DRAMATIZATION OF LIFE
Spiritual Beliefs and Rituals in Southern and Central Malawi Matthew Schoffeleers
Though most Malawians are either Christians or Muslims, Traditional Religion is still an important reality, besides and within Christianity or Islam. Most of the material presented is from the Lower Shire where the author lived and worked for many years.
ISBN 99908-16-07-7, 166 pp, 1997/2000 (repr.)

CHRISTIANITY AND AFRICAN CULTURE
Conservative German Protestant Missionaries in Tanzania
Klaus Fiedler
Missionaries have often been accused of destroying African culture either wilfully or because they did not understand it. This book deals with those German Lutheran and Moravian missionaries in Tanzania who professed to have a high estimation of African culture. Varied African reaction shows that theories about attitudes to African culture often do not match reality.
ISBN 99908-16-24-2, 248 pp, 1999 (for sale only in Malawi)

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