William Alexander Deans

William A. Deans presents this book in a series of brief, illuminating pen-flashes which outline the Belgian colonial policy in Congo, the remarkable influence of Christian Missions, the rise of nationalistic spirit, the coming of independence with the resultant bomb-shell of Congo-wide violence. The Congo is in transition; so is missionary enterprise there. The author's review of developments during thirty years' missionary service, the stressful last days on the field and the tense experience of evacuation; his evaluation of the present situation and his hopeful, yet cautious, probing into the future of missions in the Conga make challenging reading.… (més)