The life and letters of Philip Quaque, the first African Anglican missionary
by John Pinfold
The life of Philip Quaque (ca.1740-1816) was an extraordinary one. Born on the Cape Coast of West Africa, he was brought, with two other boys, to England in 1754 by the Society for the Propagation for the Gospel to be educated here and then returned to Africa as Anglican missionaries.
One of the boys died in England, the second was confined in a mental asylum, but Quaque successfully completed his education, was ordained in 1765, and, after marrying an Englishwomen, returned to the Cape Coast in February 1766.
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The life and letters of Philip Quaque, the first African Anglican missionary; edited by Vincent Carretta and Ty M. Reese. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 2010. xii + 219 pp. ISBN 13-978-0-8203-3319-9. US$39.95.
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