South and South Central Africa A record of fifteen years' missionary labors among primitive peoples

"South and South Central Africa" by Hannah Frances Davidson is a memoir about fifteen years serving as a missionary and experiencing the lives of the people of Africa. The book opens with the start of the Church of the Brethren in Christ's mission in May 1894 as she gets ready to travel to Africa with companions like Elder Jesse Engle. Davidson shares her faith and resolve as they make their way to Bulawayo to start a mission in the Matopos Hills, but she also describes the troubles they faced when traveling to different countries, such as language problems. This sets the scene for the adventures and life-changing events that follow.