Hans Werner Debrunner

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 are 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][6] Debrunner also documented history, socio-political and intercultural relations between Africa and Europe.[7] 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.[7][5]

The Rev. Dr.

Hans Werner Debrunner
Born1923
Died1998 (aged 74–75)
Occupation
Language
NationalitySwiss German

Selected works
  • “Anfaenge Evangelischer Missionarbeit auf der Goldküste bis 1828,” Evangelisches Missions Magazin, Basel (1954).[8][9]
  • "Witchcraft in Ghana: A Study on the Belief in Destructive Witches and Its Effect on the Akan Tribes" Accra: Presbyterian Book Depot (1961)[10]
  • "Pioneers of church and education in Ghana : Danish chaplains to Guinea, 1661-1850" (1962)[11][12][13][14]
  • "A Church between Colonial Powers: A Study of the Church in Togo" World studies of churches in mission Lutterworth Press (1965) [15]
  • "Owura Nico, the Rev. Nicholas Timothy Clerk, 1862-1961: pioneer and church leader" (translated by Susanne Mainzer) Pioneer series Accra: Waterville Pub. House (1965) [16]
  • "The story of Sampson Opong" Pioneer series Accra: Waterville Pub. House (1965) [17]
  • "A history of Christianity in Ghana," Accra: Waterville Pub. House (1967) [18][19][20][21]
  • "Mitteilungen der Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Volume 22" Basel: Basler Afrika Bibliographien (1979) [22]
  • "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) [23][24][25][26][27]
  • "Pride and Prejudice," Basler Afrika Bibliographien (1979) [28]
  • "Afrikaliteratur in Basler Bibliotheken: Bibliothek und Dokumentation COOP Schweiz" Basel: Basler Afrika Bibliographien (1982)[29][30][31]
  • (contrib.) Trappe Paul "Entwicklungssoziologie" Basel: Social Strategies Publishers Cooperative (1984)[32]
  • "Schweizer im kolonialen Afrika" Volume 9 of Beiträge zur Afrikakunde, Basler Afrika Bibliographien (1991) [33]
  • "Grégoire l'Européen: Henri Grégoire 1750-1831; kontinentale Beziehungen eines französischen Patrioten" Anif/Salzburg: Müller-Speiser (1997)[34]
gollark: Oh, and lots of things (particularly computing equipment) are usable for fun *and* work purposes.
gollark: As another example, I spend a nontrivial amount of money on removing small and cheap-to-fix inconveniences from my life (for example, finally getting a mouse as it's nicer than my laptop's trackpad in some ways, getting lots of spare USB cables so I don't have to deal with moving them around, buying pens in boxes of 50-100 so that I can just give them away). Obviously I don't *have* to do that, but I would be inconvenienced and somewhat less productive if I didn't.
gollark: Recreational stuff is somewhat necessary in that you probably need to do fun things to maintain a good mental state, which you need to do things.
gollark: You can't really distinguish them nicely.
gollark: That doesn't seem right. At all. In any way.

References
  1. "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. Accra: Waterville Pub. House. 1967. 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 21 June 2018.
  5. "Hans Werner Debrunner". www.goodreads.com. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  6. "Andreas Riis. A diary based on original sources in the Basel Mission archive by Hans Debrunner - BM Archives". www.bmarchives.org. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  7. 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. JSTOR 1159718. Archived from the original on 20 June 2018.
  8. Smith, Noel. "Christian Jacob Protten". dacb.org. Archived from the original on 14 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  9. Dreydoppel, Otto. "Christian Jacob Protten". dacb.org. Archived from the original on 14 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  10. 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. Archived from the original on 20 June 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  11. Denise (9 January 2009). "Expressions in Words: Looking for the past in Akropong II". Expressions in Words. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  12. Walls, A. F. (1 January 1967). "Bibliography of the Society for African Church History - I". Journal of Religion in Africa. 1 (1): 46–89. doi:10.1163/157006667X00039. ISSN 1570-0666.
  13. "Pioneers of church and education in Ghana : Danish chaplains to Guinea, 1661-1850 - BM Archives". www.bmarchives.org. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  14. "Publicationes recentes". Anthropos. 57 (1/2): 277–295. 1962. ISSN 0257-9774. JSTOR 40455802.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. Debrunner, Hans Werner (1965). The story of Sampson Opong. Waterville Pub. House. Archived from the original on 20 June 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  18. Debrunner, Hans Werner (1967). A history of Christianity in Ghana. Waterville Pub. House. Archived from the original on 20 June 2018.
  19. Debrunner, Hans W. (1967). A history of Christianity in Ghana. Waterville Pub. House. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013.
  20. Debrunner, Hans W. (1967). A history of Christianity in Ghana. Accra: Waterville Pub. House. OL 4877755M.
  21. 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.
  22. Debrunner, Hans Werner (1979). Mitteilungen der Basler Afrika Bibliographien. Basler Afrika Bibliographien. Archived from the original on 20 June 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  23. 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.
  24. Sensbach, Jon F. (30 June 2009). Rebecca's Revival. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674043459. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018.
  25. "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.
  26. Debrunner, Hans W. Presence and prestige, Africans in Europe : a history of Africans in Europe before 1918 / Hans Werner Debrunner. Africans in Europe.
  27. 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.
  28. Debrunner, Hans Werner (1979). Pride and Prejudice. Basler Afrika Bibliographien. Archived from the original on 20 June 2018.
  29. Debrunner, Hans Werner (1982). Afrikaliteratur in Basler Bibliotheken: Bibliothek und Dokumentation COOP Schweiz (in German). Basler Afrika Bibliographien.
  30. Coop Schweiz. Bibliothek und Dokumentation (1982). Afrikaliteratur in Basler Bibliotheken : Bibliothek und Dokumenation COOP Schweiz /. Basel: Basler Afrika Bibliographien.
  31. Afrikaliteratur in Basler Bibliotheken : Bibliothek und Dokumentation COOP Schweiz /. Basel: Basler Afrika Bibliographien. 1982.
  32. "Entwicklungssoziologie. Herausgegeben von Werner Debrunner. de Trappe, Paul:: Basel, Social Strategies Publishers Co-operative Society, - Umbruch Verlag & Versandantiquariat". www.iberlibro.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  33. Debrunner, Hans Werner (1991). Schweizer im kolonialen Afrika (in German). Basler Afrika Bibliographien. ISBN 9783905141511. Archived from the original on 20 June 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  34. Debrunner, Hans Werner (1997). Grégoire l'Européen: Henri Grégoire 1750-1831 ; kontinentale Beziehungen eines französischen Patrioten (in German). Anif/Salzburg: Müller-Speiser. ISBN 3851450450. OCLC 75889869.


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