The life of Mary Slessor
Mary Slessor (1848-1915) was a young Scottish missionary in Calabar, in the south-east of present-day Nigeria.
Coming from a poor family, marked by paternal alcoholism. Mary learned to be content with little and to cope with any difficult situation. This particular childhood was a life training for her, very useful in her ministry.
The death of Livingstone, an autodidact like her, made him aware of his missionary call. Quite quickly she chose to abandon the 'comfort' of the missionary station, to embark on real work of spiritual clearing among unreached African tribes. Her intrepidity, her unfailing courage, gave her a reputation as a hothead, but also an absolutely extraordinary spiritual and moral authority to the point that she was quickly nicknamed the “White Queen of Calabar”.
The countless adventures that punctuated her life, made her famous in her native country and made her a 'Scottish national hero'. While she will have lived her entire life in the African way, in absolute simplicity, a £10 bank note will be issued with her image in 1997. While she was modesty itself, in 2018 her bust will join that of 16 famous Scots... all men, at Stirling National Monument.
This book which plunges us into the heart of unexplored Africa at the end of the 19th century is the demonstration that the craziest projects can come to life, if they are willed by God.
Author: Catherine Mackenzie
ISBN: 9782918495284