Download or read book Nennypolo written by Martha Nenny Whittle and published by . This book was released on 1913-03-30 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Autobiography/Women & Ethnic Studies/ This autobiographic book is also the most complete and detailed book that I?ve seen on the culture and mores of the Ethnic peoples deep in the country of Liberia in the 1960?s and 19709?s. It combines details of this culture with that of the culture of the United Methodist Mission seated at ?Panta,? Liberia. It shows the weaknesses of both cultures. It depicts one wise and loving person of the Kpelleh Ethnic group, Grandma Lemue, who was at the society?s lowest level because of her gender and her leprous body image. It shows how her love and care for her granddaughter facilitated the latter to adapt and rise in a mixed white man/Liberian culture even though at all odds with it. It shows the weaknesses of the ?Men and Women of God??both the missionaries and the Liberian Christian leaders. And it shows how God used these people, even with their weakness, to educate the young Liberians. Finally it shows how this African woman found, in her belief and faith in God, a way to succeed and to love others in spite of great difficulties in making her way into adulthood. This is an interesting and well-written book that every young missionary would do well to read as well as anyone who has an interest in other cultures. Indeed, as members of this world, all can profit from what other cultures can teach us. By Lois Zimmerman, M.D. ?who was a missionary doctor at ?Panta? Mission during this time. 1959-1965