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Oshielle, or, Village life in the Yoruba country ; from the journals and letters of a catechist there, describing the rise of a Christian church in an African village
- Title
- Oshielle, or, Village life in the Yoruba country ; from the journals and letters of a catechist there, describing the rise of a Christian church in an African village / by M.A.S. Barber.
- Author
- Barber, M. A. S. (Mary Ann Serrett), -1864
- Publication
- London : J. Nisbet and Co., 1857.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc Rare 266-B (Barber, M. A. S. Oshielle, or, Village life) | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, Bookplate.
- Description
- xxiv, 222 pages : illustrations
- Donor/Sponsor
- Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (2021-2024).
- Alternative Title
- Village life in the Yoruba country
- Subjects
- Note
- "T.C. Johns, printer, Wine office court, Fleet Street"-- t.p. verso.
- Indexed In (note)
- New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History. Boston: G. K. Hall.,
- Provenance (note)
- With bookplate of Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection.
- Contents
- Prepace -- Introductory chapter -- Meroke at home -- Market -- Arrival of the caravan -- First sermon - removal to Oshielle - festival of Osho-Osi -- Rumours of war - White man's spying - Atadi burnt -- Meroke at church -- African farmer's way of life - the Priest - Ess a candidate for baptism -- Lubakeh's story - burning of the farm produce -- Slave mother; a letter from the catechist to a friend in England -- Candidate for baptism - Lasope - Akashi - Raand his Orisa, "never" - visit of the rev. D. Hinderer and Mrs. Hinderer - church opened - the first baptisms - letters from the converts and the chief -- First grave -- Sprinkling with scare water - visits to the farm - inhospitable reception - festival of Osho-Osi - Moroke's safety - first communion -- Persecutions - Olumide - the slave - the thunder god -- Christian life at Oshielle - the first death -love of the sabath - the backslider restore - the first bride at Oshielle - the contrast - report of the station - letter from the chief - letter from the converts
- Call Number
- Sc Rare 266-B (Barber, M. A. S. Oshielle, or, Village life)
- OCLC
- 25985303
- Author
- Barber, M. A. S. (Mary Ann Serrett), -1864, author.
- Title
- Oshielle, or, Village life in the Yoruba country ; from the journals and letters of a catechist there, describing the rise of a Christian church in an African village / by M.A.S. Barber.
- Imprint
- London : J. Nisbet and Co., 1857.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Indexed In:
- New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History. Boston: G. K. Hall., v. 1, page 773, column 3, row 5.
- Provenance
- With bookplate of Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection. NN
- Local Note
- Schomburg Center's Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Book Division's copy has accession no. J543809 in ink on the inside cover of the book. Probably one of the books s added to the collection when Catherine A. Latimer was the collection librarian, and Lawrence Reddick was the Curator. Imperfect: loose pages; lacks an original cover. Bound in library binding, red cloth over boards, and a gilt spine; current house in a protective archival box.
- Source
- J543809. NN
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Bookplates (Provenance).
- Place of Publication
- Great Britain England London.
- Added Author
- Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, Bookplate.Reddick, Lawrence Dunbar, 1910-1995, Curator.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Barber, M.A.S. (Mary Ann Serrett), -1864. Oshielle. Oshielle, or, Village life in the Yoruba country. London, J. Nisbet and co., 1857 (OCoLC)781302795
- Research Call Number
- Sc Rare 266-B (Barber, M. A. S. Oshielle, or, Village life)