Africa

Culture Film and Video Music and Worship

Producing music videos in local languages

This article shows how music videos in local languages can support Scripture engagement. Drawing on experience in Mamara-speaking villages in Mali, Faantoni dit Souléhimana Traoré explains how music, images and community participation can help communicate the Bible’s message in a…

RichardAugust 6, 2026

Bible Storytelling Discipleship Men Orality Research

Oral Bible Storytelling as a Missional Instrument in Discipling Men in Kejom, North West Cameroon

This article investigates why family heads, the fòyn, and members of the kwifòyn and other priestly societies in Kejom, in the North West Region of Cameroon, are absent from churches. The introduction describes how church leaders have reached out and…

RichardNovember 16, 2023

Research Understanding Scripture Young People

An Investigation of How Young Christians in a West African City Understand and Relate to the Biblical Metanarrative

MA dissertation: Contemporary Missiology, Redcliffe College. It has been a great privilege to get a glimpse into how the participants understand and relate to God’s Word and my prayer is that they will continue to grow in their understanding of…

RichardFebruary 14, 2023

Culture Development Responding to Needs

Faith and Farming

The Faith and Farming programme seeks to encourage farmers by learning from the many farmers in the Bible, including God Himself who planted the Garden of Eden. "The goal of Faith and Farming is twofold: to help those working on…

RichardOctober 17, 2022

Marketing and Distribution

New Testament Dedications: What we are learning in Cameroon

The dedication of the NT is too momentous an occasion not to be taken seriously or to be left in untrained hands. It is a turning point in the translation programme. It must not be badly handled. For some involved…

RichardMarch 1, 2022

Meditation and Prayer Responding to Needs Women

African Women Devotional Bible

The African Women Devotional Bible (AWDB) is a collaborative project of the Bible Societies in Africa who have come together to develop a Devotional Bible by African Women. It is a Scripture resource addressing circumstances and questions African Christian Women…

RichardSeptember 10, 2021

Bible Preaching Orality

Expository Preaching in Africa

From the publisher's description: How can expository preaching, rooted in a textual analysis of Scripture, be effectively utilized in oral cultures? In Expository Preaching in Africa, Ezekiel A. Ajibade engages this challenge directly, offering practical techniques for integrating African oral…

RichardJuly 21, 2021

Language Issues

Engaging African Multilingualism with Scripture

Multilingualism in Africa is a pervasive phenomenon that requires attention and a missiological response. A modern average Kenyan is fluent in at least two languages. How does this impact our ministry in Bible translation? Many people can speak their heritage…

RichardJune 10, 2021

Bible Translation Culture Research

Making a Difference

How did two very different language communities encounter and make early choices about Christianity? This book is a historical record of the Dagomba and Konkomba people groups of Northern Ghana as they embraced the Bible translated into their mother tongues.…

RichardFebruary 1, 2021

Discipleship Film and Video

Walking with Jesus – discipleship series for Africa

Walking with Jesus is a video-based discipleship series used to ground new believers in their faith. Using dramatized storytelling techniques and incorporating clips from the JESUS ﬁlm, unique versions of Following Jesus teach biblical principles and demonstrate how to live…

RichardSeptember 23, 2020