Author: IMB
Gospel Spreads Among Truck Drivers in West Africa
In West Africa, truck driving is a dangerous and stressful job. Drivers face job insecurity, the threat of being robbed, extortion from corrupt policemen, and cultural and linguistic barriers as they cross through borders taking imports from the coast to la...
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How Should Missionaries Help Create Indigenous Worship Music?
Let’s face it: we humans like neat categories. We prefer classifications that are easy to grasp. Take music, for example. We classify music into genres, which are perceived as static and “pure” despite the fact that they are always evolving.
Singing the Gospel: How Oral Learners Encounter Truth
In Africa, many village women sing to stay motivated as they work. Children are taught cultural values through songs and stories recounted during initiation rites. The Toposa people of South Sudan are no different. They sing about harvest time or a favorite...
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The Extent of Orality: 2012 Update
Using UN and OCED stats, the author shares how a credible analysis emerges concerning the size of oral preference learners in the world today.