Overview
In Light on Darkness? T. Jack Thompson, a leading historian of African Christianity, revisits the body of photography generated by British missionaries to sub-Saharan Africa in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and demonstrates that much more is going on in these images than meets the eye. This volume offers a careful reassessment of missionary photographers, their photographs, and their African and European audiences. Several dozen fascinating photographs from the period are included.
This book title, Light on Darkness? (Missionary Photography of Africa in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries), ISBN: 9780802865243, by T. Jack Thompson, published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. (April 20, 2012) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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