Book ReviewsJournal of Social Science, 1972, Volume 1. Limbe, University of Malawi, 130 pp. £1,40.Readers of Zambezia will welcome the ap-pearance of a not dissimilar journal for Malawi.It contains articles on Malawi history (notablyProfessor Pachai on the early relationship be-tween state and churches and Dr. Chanock oncolonial agriculture in the 1920s), and onvarious aspects of the law and its administra-tion in Malawi todav.The journal is not, however, restricted toMalawi and there are interesting articles onZambia (Lusaka Market Vendors and on thelong history of copper mining) and industrialisa-tion in Africa during the colonial period. Inall, an auspicious first issue; %ve wish the jour-nal well.R.S.R.BENNET, N. R. and YLVISAKER, M. eds. 1971 The Central African Journal of Lovell /. Procter, 1860-1864. Boston, Boston University, African Studies Center, 502 pp. no price indicated.Despite recent trends in African historio-graphy which rightly have emphasized thehistory of the indigenous peoples of the conti-nent, much interest remains in the earliest Eu-ropean missionary endeavours. In part, thismay stem from the aura many of these hardyChristians now enjoy, even among the Africanswhose forefathers they came to convert: butit is also due to growing historical investiga-tions into the interactions between them andthe indigenous peoples among whom theylaboured. Certainly both of these contempor-ary concerns apply to the first UniversitiesMission to Central Africa which came to theShire highlands over a century ago. The tragicstory of sacrifice and death is widely knowntoday. And so too is the physical violencewhich the missionaries turned to in an effortto supress the slave trade they so deeply ab-horred. Thus the recent publication of thisjournal of the senior priest of the mission, isa welcome addition to the literature.Procter was easily the least colourful of theMagomero missionaries, and this is confirmedin his journal. Seldom are there flashes ofanger, joy, or any emotion. Nor has he muchto add to the numerous and often vitriolic dis-cussions concerning the other, more dynamicmen associated with the U.M.G.A. efforts. Yethis observations on the land and people aroundhim are of great value, despite a measure ofethnocentrism which however he shared withall his contemporaries, even David Livingstone.Among the members of the U.M.C.A. missionand Livingstone's Zambezi Expedition, Procteralone provides an adequate picture of Africanlife, including glimpses of some of the keyAfrican figures involved with these enterprises.In particular, his discussion of the history ofChibisa, the upstart chief on the Shire who wasmade famous by Livingstone's praise, is unique;what is more, it contains details which makea substantial contribution to the understandingof African history in the region.95