'Mama' Edith Rebecca Millman's letters relate her remarkable 1893 journey into what was then considered Congo's 'Heart of Darkness'. Initially as 'Mama Mangwete' and later as 'Mama Mokili', Edith goes on to record her next forty four years attempting to spread Christian Light in the Congo she comes to love so deeply. Mama was a gifted writer. Her letters to daughters and friends paint a vivid first hand picture of the extraordinary lives of pioneer...