Evangelical Christians in the Muslim Sahel

Barbara M. Cooper looks closely at the Sudan Interior Mission, an
evangelical Christian mission that has taken a tenuous hold in a predominantly Hausa
Muslim area on the southern fringe of Niger. Based on sustained fieldwork, personal
interviews, and archival research, this vibrant, sensitive, compelling, and candid
book gives a unique glimpse into an important dimension of religious life in Africa.
Cooper's involvement in a violent religious riot provides a useful backdrop for
introducing other themes and concerns such as Bible translation, medical outreach,
public preaching, tensions between English-speaking and French-speaking
missionaries, and the Christian mission's changing views of Islam.