Mama Edith Rebecca Millmans letters relate her remarkable 1893 journey into what was then considered Congos Heart of Darkness. Initially as Mama Mangwete and later as Mama Mokili, Edith goes on to record her next forty four years attemptingMoreMama Edith Rebecca Millmans letters relate her remarkable 1893 journey into what was then considered Congos 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 missionaries in the Congo.
The hand written documents were originally collected and chronologically assembled by Ediths second husband, William Mokili Millman. They have been faithfully restored and formatted for publication by Mokili and Mamas granddaughter, Jane Marshall.
Jane has now reformatted and republished her original 2009 version of Mama: Edith Rebecca Millman Tells in Her Own Words of Her Remarkable 1893 Journey into Congos Heart of Darkness ....... and republished it with Createspace as Mama Edith: Letters from Congo . Volume 1 of her Mission and Tradition in the Congo Series