Hans Werner Debrunner

Hans Werner Debrunner
Born 1923
Died 1998 (aged 7475)
Occupation
Language
Nationality Swiss German

Hans Werner Debrunner (1923 –1998) was a Swiss German historian and theologian whose work mainly covered mission history, West Africa and the African diaspora.[1][2][3] He also carried out academic research on history relating to missiology in northern, eastern and southern Africa. Upon his death in 1998, his private library and archive were donated to the Carl Schlettwein Foundation.[1] The "independent, self-contained collection" comprises more than 3100 books and single journal issues on his area of specialty, published mostly in the first half to mid-twentieth century.[1] Furthermore, Debrunner’s academic archives is a compilation of historiography and ethnography, particularly bio-bibliographies of Swiss missionaries and native African pastors and missionaries who worked with the Basel Mission in Africa.[1][4][5] Debrunner also documented history, socio-political and intercultural relations between Africa and Europe.[6] Hans Debrunner’s accounts explored the life and works of African saints, royalty, aristocrats, noblemen, political envoys, writers, intellectuals, scholars and artists who lived in or visited Europe from the early medieval period through the Enlightenment until the end of the World War I era.[6][5]

Selected works

  • “Anfaenge Evangelischer Missionarbeit auf der Goldkueste bis 1828,” Evangelisches Missions Magazin, Basel (1954).[7][8]
  • "Witchcraft in Ghana: A Study on the Belief in Destructive Witches and Its Effect on the Akan Tribes" Accra: Presbyterian Book Depot (1961)[9]
  • "A Church between Colonial Powers: A Study of the Church in Togo" World studies of churches in mission Lutterworth Press (1965) [10]
  • "Owura Nico, the Rev. Nicholas Timothy Clerk, 1862-1961: pioneer and church leader" Pioneer series Accra: Waterville Pub. House (1965) [11]
  • "The story of Sampson Opong" Pioneer series Accra: Waterville Pub. House (1965) [12]
  • "A history of Christianity in Ghana," Accra: Waterville Pub. House (1967) [13][14][15][16]
  • "Mitteilungen der Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Volume 22" Basler Afrika Bibliographien (1979) [17]
  • "Presence and Prestige - Africans in Europe: A History of Africans in Europe before 1918," Communications from the Basel Africa Bibliography Volume 22, Basler Afrika Bibliographien (1979) [18][19][20][21][22]
  • "Pride and Prejudice," Basler Afrika Bibliographien (1979) [23]
  • "Schweizer im kolonialen Afrika" Volume 9 of Beiträge zur Afrikakunde, Basler Afrika Bibliographien (1991) [24]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Debrunner Collection – Basler Afrika Bibliographien". baslerafrika.ch. Archived from the original on 20 June 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  2. "A history of Christianity in Ghana, by Hans W. Debrunner. - Princeton University Library Catalog". catalog.princeton.edu. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  3. "Debrunner, Hans Werner". Archived from the original on 26 September 2016.
  4. "Amazon.com: Hans W Debrunner: Books". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 2018-06-21.
  5. 1 2 "Hans Werner Debrunner". www.goodreads.com. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  6. 1 2 Feuser, Willfried F. (October 1983). "Hans Werner Debrunner, Presence and Prestige: Africans in Europe. A History of Africans in Europe before 1918, Communications from the Basel African Bibliography, Vol. 22, Basel, Basler Afrika Bibliographien, 1979, 433 pp". Africa. 53 (4): 92–93. doi:10.2307/1159718. ISSN 1750-0184. Archived from the original on 20 June 2018.
  7. Smith, Noel. "Christian Jacob Protten". dacb.org. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  8. Dreydoppel, Otto. "Christian Jacob Protten". dacb.org. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  9. Debrunner, Hans Werner (1961). Witchcraft in Ghana: A Study on the Belief in Destructive Witches and Its Effect on the Akan Tribes. Accra Presbyterian Book Depot.
  10. Debrunner, Hans Werner (1965). A Church Between Colonial Powers: A Study of the Church in Togo. Lutterworth Press. Archived from the original on 20 June 2018.
  11. Debrunner, Hans W. (1965). Owura Nico, the Rev. Nicholas Timothy Clerk, 1862-1961: pioneer and church leader. Watervile Publishing House. Archived from the original on 20 June 2018.
  12. Debrunner, Hans Werner (1965). The story of Sampson Opong. Waterville Pub. House.
  13. Debrunner, Hans Werner (1967). A history of Christianity in Ghana. Waterville Pub. House. Archived from the original on 20 June 2018.
  14. Debrunner, Hans W. (1967). A history of Christianity in Ghana,. Waterville Pub. House. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013.
  15. Debrunner, Hans W. (1967). A history of Christianity in Ghana. Accra: Waterville Pub. House. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018.
  16. Omenyo, Cephas N.; Anum, Eric B. (1 March 2014). Trajectories of Religion in Africa: Essays in Honour of John S. Pobee. Rodopi. ISBN 9789401210577. Archived from the original on 6 August 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  17. Debrunner, Hans Werner (1979). Mitteilungen der Basler Afrika Bibliographien. Basler Afrika Bibliographien.
  18. Debrunner, Hans Werner (1979). Presence and Prestige: Africans in Europe : a History of Africans in Europe Before 1918. Basler Afrika Bibliographien. Archived from the original on 20 June 2018.
  19. Sensbach, Jon F. (30 June 2009). Rebecca's Revival. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674043459. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018.
  20. "Presence Prestige Africans Europe History by Hans Werner Debrunner - AbeBooks". www.abebooks.com. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  21. Debrunner, Hans W. Presence and prestige, Africans in Europe : a history of Africans in Europe before 1918 / Hans Werner Debrunner. Africans in Europe.
  22. Debrunner, Hans W. (1979). Presence and prestige, Africans in Europe: a history of Africans in Europe before 1918. Communications from the Basel Africa bibliography ; v. 22. Basel: Basler Afrika Bibliographien.
  23. Debrunner, Hans Werner (1979). Pride and Prejudice. Basler Afrika Bibliographien. Archived from the original on 20 June 2018.
  24. Debrunner, Hans Werner (1991). Schweizer im kolonialen Afrika (in German). Basler Afrika Bibliographien. ISBN 9783905141511.
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