Dictionary of african christian biography

Dictionary of christian biography
African Christian Biography Serialized: Jan Tzatzoe or Dyani Tshatshu: Personal, Political, and Historical Consequences of Naming in African.
This is a list of visual artists who are Native Americans in the United States.

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Artist-in-Residence (A-i-R) Artists

Daniel McCoy, Jr.

September 1–29, 2023

Daniel McCoy, Jr. (Muscogee Creek and Citizen Band Potawatomi) ’16 was welcomed into a household of artisans, farmers, music, and subculture. McCoy was surrounded by the arts from an early age. He began entering Native art competitions by age fifteen, under the direction of Cherokee artist Mary Adair, while attending boarding school in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. McCoy received his formal art training at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. At IAIA, the painter was able to work with the best Native American artists in the field. McCoy continues to produce paintings in northern New Mexico, incorporating the surrounding landscape into the recent paintings. He resides in La Mesilla with his family.

Matagi Sorensen

September 1–October 10, 2023

Matagi Sorensen, of the Yavapai-Apache Nation, is a relatively new Native American jewelry artist swiftly carving out a reputation for creating exquisitely sophisticated handcrafted work that cultivates an e

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The Journal of African Christian Biography

The Journal of African Christian Biography (JACB) publishes research on biographies of African Christians. The primary focus is on the role of local agents in the spread of Christianity in Africa. The JACB is an open access publication committed to facilitating global conversations among scholars across cultures, nations, Christian traditions, and academic specializations, with particular emphasis on Africa. We invite contributions from individuals affiliated with religious and educational institutions in Africa and elsewhere.

CONTENT includes:
• Original biographies and African Christian histories
• Biographies highlighted from the DACB website
• Obituaries and tributes about recently deceased figures
• Excerpts of recently published scholarship
• Interviews with select African church leaders and scholars (still living)
• Resources for teaching with biography
• Reviews of scholarship on African Christian biography and history

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The divine message of ‘Good News From Africa’

Pianist Abdullah Ibrahim and the great bassist and composer Johnny Dyani got together in 1973 to create Good News From Africa – a marvellous South African jazz record crafted to celebrate the Islamic and Christian faiths in the lives of people of the Cape. The six-track record is as much a personal celebration of newly found faith as it is an exploration of the complexity of identity in the area.

The duo wove a complex picture of the shared heritages connecting amaXhosa and communities the apartheid government designated as coloured, from antiquity through to modern history. The music they created mixes Islamic nasheeds, traditional African songs and expressions of early Africanist Christianity.

It is syncretic music, “performed with a fervour and depth of feeling rarely heard in or outside of jazz”, writes Brian Olewnick in an early review. Good News From Africa comprises six compositions by Ibrahim with Dyani on some key rearrangements of traditional pieces.

The most remarkable among these is the opening tra