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==Books== | ==Books== | ||
It is incredible that Rev Mushindo had time to write books despite his heavy days. He wrote three Bemba titles | It is incredible that Rev Mushindo had time to write books despite his heavy days. | ||
He wrote three Bemba titles: | |||
*''[[Imilumbe Nenshimi]]'' (Riddles and Folktales) - 2 editions published between 1957 and 1960 in Bemba | |||
*''[[Amapinda Mulyashi]]'' (Proverbs in Conversations) | |||
*''[[Ulubuto Mumfifi]]'' (Light in Darkness) - 1 edition published in 1970 in Bemba | |||
and two English titles: | |||
*''[[A Short History of the Bemba]]'' - 7 editions published between 1976 and 1977 in 3 languages | |||
*''[[The Life of A Zambian Evangelist: the Reminiscences of Reverend Paul Bwembya Mushindo]]'' - 1 edition published in 1973 in English | |||
Historian Andrew D Roberts describes Rev Mushindo’s A Short History of the Bemba as a ‘very important source for Bemba history up to the death of [[Chitimukulu Chitapankwa]] in 1883.’ | |||
Another writer Audrey I Richards describes the book as “the fullest version of Bemba traditions to be written by a Mubemba and the people of Zambia will be grateful to Mushindo for writing down these traditions before the old men and women who could remember the past had died one by one, taking their memories with them.” | Another writer Audrey I Richards describes the book as “the fullest version of Bemba traditions to be written by a Mubemba and the people of Zambia will be grateful to Mushindo for writing down these traditions before the old men and women who could remember the past had died one by one, taking their memories with them.” | ||
