The Hymnody of the Harrist Church Among the Dida of South-Central Ivory Coast (1913-1949): A Historico-Religious Study

by James Krabill

Little has been written about the early Harrist movement in Ivory Coast following the remarkable evangelistic successes there of Liberian prophet William Wad Harris, 1913-1915. Harris' converts among the Dida people, however, recorded much of what happened in hundreds of hymns composed during those first dynamic decades. These hymns are today a unique and invaluable resource for understanding the early life, faith and history of one of West Africa's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3631484046
• ISBN13: 9783631484043
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
• Length: 603 Pages