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Life on the Congo

by W. Holman Bentley

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A Baptist missionary who spent years on the lower Congo describes the river’s discovery, its geography, vegetation and climate, the home life of the people, their religious ideas, charms and healers, and the work of the missions. His colleague George Grenfell adds an introduction on the rapid changes after the founding of the Congo Free State.

An early missionary record of Central Africa, informative but written with the outlook of its time. Download the free EPUB.

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