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This book about Owura Amu is at once history and theology, a fitting tribute to a man who started ‘doing’ African Christian theology before the academic theologians of Africa came on the scene to ‘invent’ and name it… All who have told or heard ‘the legend’ of preaching in Ntama must read the full debate.

MERCY AMBA ODUYOYE, DIRECTOR, INSTITUTE OF WOMEN IN RELIGION AND CULTURE, TRINITY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, LEGON

Ephraim Amu, teacher, preacher, patriot, and musician, was a significant representative figure in the movement from colonial to independent Africa. Dr. Laryea provides a fascinating portrait of a remarkable man, illuminating the cultural, social, and religious issues of Amu’s times and the dynamics of his relations with others. Amu’s Christian faith and practice are explored in a most helpful way; one begins to realize why the portrait of this church teacher came to appear on Ghanaian currency notes.

ANDREW F. WALLS, AKROFI-CHRISTALLER INSTITUTE, AKROPONG, UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH AND LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY