A Leopard Tamed - Vandevort, Eleanor

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Résumé :
Autobiography of Eleanor Vandevort (1925-2015) and her work as a Bible translator in Nasir, South Sudan, Africa (1949-63), among the Nuer tribe. Story also focuses on the struggle of a native pastor with his culture and Christian faith. Reprint of 1968 edition with new material. --

Biographie:
a typical native wedding...

Sommaire:

Set in Nasir, a tiny village on the banks of the Sobat River in the Sudan, A Leopard Tamed reads like the story of another world, of another time--but it is very much of our world, our time.

Eleanor Vandevort is an American missionary who lived with the Nuer tribe in Nasir for thirteen years. A Leopard Tamed is the vivid, exciting description of what those years were like for her. Eleanor became friendly with Kuac, a small boy whose burning ambition was to do the work of God. He proved invaluable in helping her. He taught her his language, which enabled her to translate the Bible for the Nuer people for the first time. After she discovered he was a born teacher, he even led Bible classes for her. Although Kuac is the central figure in this engrossing story, it is also the story of the whole Nuer tribe.

A Leopard Tamed stirs the reader with strange tribal customs--such as the brutal rites initiating young boys into manhood...