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Fipa Families: Reproduction and Catholic Evangelization in Nkansi, Ufipa,1880–1960

Fipa Families: Reproduction and Catholic Evangelization in Nkansi, Ufipa,1880–1960 Book Reviews / Mission Studies 25 (2008) 273–314 279 Fipa Families: Reproduction and Catholic Evangelization in Nkansi, Ufi pa, 1880–1960 . By Kathleen R. Smythe. Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA, Heinemann 2006. Pp. xxx + 202. $29.95. Careful historical analyses of colonial-era missionary activity in Africa are rare, and gaining a grasp on responses to such evangelizing eff orts demands formidable and creative interpre- tation of meager sources. In this well-researched and clearly written account, Smythe, a professor of African history at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio, US, describes how residents of Ufi pa in contemporary southwestern Tanzania responded to Catholic evange- lization carried out by the White Fathers prior to independence. Smythe’s archival research and oral interviews show that the Fipa interpreted Catholic evangelization through their views about families and socialization. During her fi eldwork Smythe noted the many family metaphors that featured in Fipa descriptions of the church’s leaders. Th is alerted her that the church had entered Fipa understandings of socialization. Her subsequent historical research then sought to know the ways that both missionaries and the Fipa families of her title aimed at social reproduc- tion through biological child-birth and transmission of cultural expectations. Th e http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Mission Studies Brill

Fipa Families: Reproduction and Catholic Evangelization in Nkansi, Ufipa,1880–1960

Kollman, Paul
Mission Studies , Volume 25 (2): 279 – Jan 1, 2008
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Book Reviews / Mission Studies 25 (2008) 273–314 279 Fipa Families: Reproduction and Catholic Evangelization in Nkansi, Ufi pa, 1880–1960 . By Kathleen R. Smythe. Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA, Heinemann 2006. Pp. xxx + 202. $29.95. Careful historical analyses of colonial-era missionary activity in Africa are rare, and gaining a grasp on responses to such evangelizing eff orts demands formidable and creative interpre- tation of meager sources. In this well-researched and clearly written account, Smythe, a professor of African history at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio, US, describes how residents of Ufi pa in contemporary southwestern Tanzania responded to Catholic evange- lization carried out by the White Fathers prior to independence. Smythe’s archival research and oral interviews show that the Fipa interpreted Catholic evangelization through their views about families and socialization. During her fi eldwork Smythe noted the many family metaphors that featured in Fipa descriptions of the church’s leaders. Th is alerted her that the church had entered Fipa understandings of socialization. Her subsequent historical research then sought to know the ways that both missionaries and the Fipa families of her title aimed at social reproduc- tion through biological child-birth and transmission of cultural expectations. Th e

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