Guanya Pau : a story of an African princess
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Guanya Pau : a story of an African princess
（Broadview editions）
Broadview Press, c2004
Available at 2 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-205)
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The first book of long fiction by an African to be published in English, this novel tells the story of a young woman of the Vai people in Liberia. Guanya Pau, betrothed as a child to a much older, polygamous man, flees her home rather than be forced into marriage, and the novel recounts her subsequent efforts to reach the Christian community where the man she loves awaits her. Joseph Jeffrey Walters was a Vai man who converted to Christianity, and this, his only novel, is a remarkably complex work, embracing both Christian beliefs and a deep pride in his African heritage.
This Broadview edition includes a critical introduction that locates the novel in the context of Vai culture and the history of African missions, and a rich selection of historical documents relating to the education of African women, the Vai writing system, and the author's life.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Joseph Jeffrey Walters: A Brief Chronology
A Note on the Text
Introductory Notes to Guanya Pau
Guanya Pau: A Story of an African Princess
Appendix A: From Sir Arthur Helps, Friends in Council (1853)
Appendix B: Charles C. Penick, "The Devil Bush of West Africa" (1893)
Appendix C: Excerpts from three books by Thomas Besolow (1890, 1891, 1892)
Appendix D: The Vai Writing System
Appendix E: Letters and Articles by Joseph Jeffrey Walters
To Mrs. Louise Wood Brackett, 5 October 1888
To the Editor, Oberlin News (7 April 1892)
To the Rev.William S. Langford, 15 May 1893
To the Rev. Joshua A. Kimber, 2 June 1893
To the Rev. Joshua A. Kimber, 12 October 1893
"An Appeal for Help," Oberlin News (30 November1893)
From "A Letter from Africa," Baltimore American (21 January1894)
To the Rev. Joshua A. Kimber, 5 June 1894
Annual Report and Scholarship List, Cape Mount Mission,13 August 1894
To the Rev. Joshua A. Kimber, 17 September 1894
Appendix F: Obituaries of Joseph Jeffrey Walters
From The Storer Record (February 1895)
From The Oberlin Review (6 February 1895)
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