160pp + 32pp book catalogue to rear. Frontis, double-page map, and 19 further illustrations. Hardback copy with blue pictorial cloth boards with gold gilt lettering to front. Likely to be a first edition.
There is a faded sticker to the spine with the number 36. On the inside cover there is an Ex Libris Hugh Bergh sticker and on the first page a stamp of the De Rust Christelike Strevers Vereeniging dated 1910.
The Reverend Dr Robert Laws (1851–1934) was a highly influential Scottish Presbyterian medical missionary who led the Livingstonia Mission in Malawi (then the British protectorate of Nyasaland) for over 52 years. Inspired by the legacy of Dr David Livingstone, Laws arrived in 1875 and became the chief architect of an educational, industrial, and medical network that transformed the region.
Dr. Laws was responsible for creating a sizeable Christian community in the region, as well as recording seven African languages, founding over 700 schools and encouraging native associations. He fought against the continuing Arab slave trade, helped to reconcile local tribes and played a leading role in education. By encouraging the formation of "Native Associations," Laws indirectly fostered early African nationalism. His pupils included David Kaunda (father of Zambia’s first president, Kenneth Kaunda) and early leaders of what became the Nyasaland African National Congress.
- Binding Condition: Good
- Overall Condition: Good
- Size: 190 x 130 mm
