Abstract
Unlike in the United Kingdom and the United States, where Quakerism has been in existence since the seventeenth century, it has only been a presence on the African continent for 122 years, since 1902. The earliest missionaries, who were sent by the Friends Africa Board of Missions of the former Five Fears Meeting (now Friends United Meeting) in Richmond, Indiana, planted Quakerism in Africa on the evangelical platform. Forty years later other missionaries, principally drawn from England, came with a different tradition: unprogrammed Quakerism (or the “silent tradition,” as it is known by the African Quakers).
In this paper, reflecting on Quakerism four hundred years after the birth of George Fox, I will reflect upon ways in which Quaker practice in Kenya reflects Friends tradition, as well as several areas of interest and concern for the evolving Quaker movement in Africa.
Recommended Citation
Wafula, Robert J.
(2024)
"New Forms of Orientation for the Twenty-First Century African Quaker Movement,"
Quaker Religious Thought: Vol. 142, Article 2.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/qrt/vol142/iss1/2