TY - BOOK AU - Stone,R.H. AU - Florey,Betty Finklea TI - In Africa's forest and jungle: six years among the Yorubas T2 - Religion and American Culture SN - 9780817384463 AV - BV3625.N6 S76 2010eb U1 - 266/.6132092B 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Tuscaloosa, Ala. PB - University of Alabama Press KW - Stone, R. H. KW - Missionaries KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Nigeria KW - Baptists KW - Missions KW - Yoruba (African people) KW - Religion KW - Missionnaires KW - États-Unis KW - Biographies KW - Baptistes KW - Yoruba (Peuple d'Afrique) KW - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY KW - Religious KW - bisacsh KW - RELIGION KW - Christian Ministry KW - fast KW - Autobiography KW - autobiographies (literary works) KW - aat KW - Autobiographies KW - lcgft KW - rvmgf N1 - Introduction -- Along the coast -- Up the Ogun -- In native homes -- The story of Crowther -- In a native caravan -- An African despot -- Our first dwelling -- Some beasts and insects -- Life and language -- Superstitions -- Polygamy -- Some African maladies -- Hunting -- Mental solitude -- Waylaid and captured -- Flight from Ebaddan -- Home again -- Opening battles around Ejahyay -- Worshipping the dead prince -- Leaving the doomed city -- Partial civilization -- Love letters -- A narrow escape -- The human sacrifice -- The stolen child -- Improvements -- Cast among robbers -- The colony of Lagos N2 - In Africa's Forest and Jungle is the memoir of Richard Henry Stone, a Civil War era Southern Baptist missionary, who served in what is now Nigeria during the late 1850s and again during the first years of the American Civil War. Stone published this work in 1899, when it became clear that age would prevent him from returning to Africa. Stone served in Africa with his wife and successfully learned the Yoruba language. He was an intelligent, self-reflective, and reliable observer, making his works important sources of information on Yoruba society before the intervention of UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=420064 ER -