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WordAlive is the African publisher of the Africa Bible Commentary, a 1,586-page one-volume commentary released in 2006 and written by 69 African scholars. The commentary aims to use African proverbs, metaphors and everyday stories to convey the text of the Bible to African believers while remaining true to the text and being honest about its ...
The African Storybook (ASb) is a multilingual literacy initiative that works with educators and children to publish openly licensed picture storybooks for early reading in the languages of Africa. An initiative of Saide , the ASb has an interactive website that enables users to read, create, download, translate, and adapt storybooks. [ 1 ]
The Bible Story is a ten-volume series of hardcover children's story books written by Arthur S. Maxwell [1] based on the King James and Revised Standard versions of the Christian Bible. The books, published from 1953 to 1957, retell most of the narratives of the Bible in 411 stories. [2] Maxwell started making arrangements for The Bible Story ...
In the States, Morris found Stephen Merritt. Impressed by his anointing and confidence, Merritt invited Morris to stay at his house. In a time where racism against Africans was widely accepted, the community which encountered Morris instead saw that God was working in him and created the Samuel Morris Missionary Society to collect funds to send Morris to college so he could study the Bible.
John Mbiti was born on 30 November 1931 in Mulango, Kitui County, eastern Kenya.His parents were two farmers, Samuel Mutuvi Ngaangi and Valesi Mbandi Kiimba. He was one of six children and was raised in a strong Christian environment.
Children's Bibles, or Bibles for children, are often collections of Bible stories rather than actual translations of the Bible and are aimed at children. [1] These adaptations of the Bible are written to be more understandable and entertaining for younger audiences. [2] There is a range of simplicity across various children's Bible publications.
The book begins with Ezeulu and Umuaro fighting against a nearby village, Okperi. The conflict is abruptly resolved when T. K. Winterbottom, the British colonial overseer, intervenes. After the conflict, an indigenous African Christian missionary, John Goodcountry, arrives in Umuaro.
A Story, a Story is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Gail E. Haley that retells the African tale of how the trickster Anansi obtained stories from the Sky God to give to the children of the earth. The book was produced after Gail E. Haley spent a year in the Caribbean researching the African roots of many Caribbean tales. [1]