Myth & Reality of the Missionary Family - Book Launch
All were warmly invited to an afternoon co-hosted by the SMP and the Mamie Martin Fund to launch Author Isobel Reid’s book 'Myth & Reality of the Missionary Family' in the Business Centre at Edinburgh City Chambers Monday 22 July.
"Isobel Reid offers a concise account of the origins, establishment, and some internal dynamics of the Livingstonia Mission, in particular those impacting missionary families as seen through the eyes of a young missionary couple at its Bandawe station. This study not only demonstrates a general awareness of the role and initiative of the people of Northern Malawi, among whom and with whom the Scottish missionaries lived and worked, but also of the specific importance of interpersonal relationships between Scottish and Malawian women - as in the case of Mamie Martin and her Tonga women friends. Race as the primary dividing line was thus subverted by mutual gender awareness. From 1978 Isobel Reid, a qualified nurse/midwife, with her doctor husband and young family lived for 18 months on Ekwendeni CCPA Mission Station before transferring to Mzuzu where Dr. Reid was in charge of St John's Roman Catholic Mission Hospital for four further years. A consequent academic interest in mission history resulted in an MTh (Edinburgh 1999) which provided the basis for this book."
Recorded Video
Missed this meeting? You can find the recording on this page with the below time stamps.
00:00 Welcome from Natasha Adodo
02:27 David Bone, Secretary of the Livingstonia-Blantyre Fellowship - introduced the book and updated on its reception and sales in Malawi
13:00 Colin Cameron - history with Malawi
15:23 Prof Klaus Fiedler - academic text
21:26 Natasha reads from the book
24:23 Video presentation about the book - by Isobel Reid
34:15 Q&A session with Isobel Reid
52:40 Moira reads letter from Willie Sinclair
55:26 Closing remarks - Natasha
