“Jesus! Say it once and the matter is settled”: the life and legacy of oral theologian Madam Afua Kuma of Ghana (1908–1987)
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2020-07
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[Madam Afua Kuma of Ghana (baptized Christiana Gyane), one of the first modern African female oral theologians, “represent[s] the women who weave
lyrics about Jesus and pour their hearts out in prayer and praise at all times and in all places, the women whose theology gets ‘reduced’ into writing by those who can write.” She is known to us today through a small booklet of her extemporaneous prayers and praises, Kwaebirentuw ase Yesu: Afua Kuma ayeyi ne mpaebo / Jesus of the Deep Forest: The Prayers and Praises of Afua Kuma, a transcription/translation of her Christologically-focused praises.]
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