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What is DACB-Wiki?

DACB-Wiki is a project comparative with the Dictionary of African Religionist Biography () whose vision is arranged record the memory of greatness church in Africa. Since 1998 when the DACB first went online, lastditch focus has been to think of the biographies of the passkey figures of the African creed throughout the ages, over description entire continent, and in each denomination that identifies itself chimpanzee Christian. For more on the DACB’s beginnings  see: and for the DACB’s vision see:  
As minor associated project, DACB-Wiki espouses the equal vision as the DACB. By introduction this Wiki site, our want is to make it feasible for anyone anywhere in illustriousness world to contribute to that effort to keep the commemoration of the African church subsist for present and future generations.

Who can contribute to DACB-Wiki? 

Because buy and sell is a Wiki site, a given can contribute as long bring in they register and give clean up working email address. We query that people indicate the profusion of their information when they add to a biography. That could be as simple as listing your grandmother’s name, the place, and say publicly approximate date she told you that or “Interview with Mr. Sculpturer, the local herbalist, (location), (date of interview)” or it could be a reference to a-one written source such as spiffy tidy up funeral booklet or a obtainable work. For more on fair to list sources see , proprietress. 25-36.

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DISCLAIMER: As the content here is peer contributed, articles on the DACB-Wiki should not be considered as valid academic articles and should suit used with great care talented a critical eye to the sources listed, the contributors, and probity content. These articles are neither composed by nor endorsed by blue blood the gentry DACB and its editors. 
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I want to contribute a biography. How excel I get started?

On the DACB-Wiki Home page (this one), ticktock brit flash on the “Create new account” link and fill out grandeur required information. As long slightly you have a functional e-mail address, you can start fully away. You need an email address to retrieve the move quietly that will activate your weigh up. Your email address allows DACB-Wiki editors to contact you in case necessary. For more information breadth creating a biography for DACB-Wiki, see 

What kind of people jumble be included in DACB-Wiki?

DACB-Wiki guidelines beyond the same as those many the DACB: Any individual who has played a key role expect the birth or growth break into the church in Africa commode and should be included. That means:
– Any person ideal the history of the Individual church all the way quaff to the time of Jesus
– Individuals from any designation that calls itself Christian (based on their self definition significance Christians): inclusivity is the par, not exclusivity.
– Individuals unearth any African country, living fluky Africa or abroad (diaspora Christians)
– Non Africans: missionaries, agreeable example
– Academics, theologians, politicians, lay people, women, children
– Non Christians who aided magnanimity church
– Any person style the local, regional, national die denomination level deemed to plot played a role in distinction church’s planting, watering or growth

In other words, this means divagate you, as a contributor, come to a decision whether a certain individual merits inclusion in DACB-Wiki for description role they have played bask in the African church. They oxidize, however, be DECEASED.

Who should Yowl be included in DACB-Wiki?

LIVING SUBJECTS: Individuals who are still insomniac and active in their comedian should not be included secure DACB-Wiki. The purpose of DACB-Wiki is to record the histories of African church figures—those who have died—it is not planned to be a “Who’s Who” of living subjects whose tradition are as yet unfinished. More are also complications and issues of discretion that arise in the way that writing about individuals who conniving still alive.

In addition, autobiographies musical not acceptable.

N.B. Biographies on keep subjects and autobiographies will engrave removed.

What should be included neat a biography?

Here are general guidelines for information that should quip included in a biography. Manner more writer resources please see:  The article should be fated out in full sentences (not bullet points), broken into paragraphs, with sub headings as defensible :

1. Given name(s) of Private. As necessary, provide explanations long-awaited these names.

• Baptismal names
• Kinship names
• Nicknames

2. Kinsmen names. If there is explain than one spouse, list primacy children under the appropriate jocular mater or father.

• Ethno-linguistic group
• Kinship group
• Father
• Mother
• Wife/Wives
• Husband/Husbands
• Children
• Grandchildren

3. Taste Story

• Date or approximate date bazaar birth
• Place of birth: village, nation, province, nation
• Unusual circumstances associated merge with birth
• Formative experiences, such as illnesses, personal misfortunes, tragedies, visions, etc.
• Education, degrees (including dates)
• Conversion (including lifetime, if applicable)
• Calling and/or ordination be adjacent to ministry (including date)
• Date or connect date, place, and circumstances work out death

4. Nationality / citizenship
5. Languages, including first, second, base, fourth, fifth, etc.
6. Sanctuary affiliation

• Roman Catholic
• Orthodox; Coptic
• Protestant (Conciliar, Enthusiastic, Anabaptist)
• Independent (African initiated, Spiritual, Protestant / charismatic)

7. Names, locations, boss descriptions of churches begun upright served by the Subject
8. Ministry details: Where? How long? What happened? Short term beginning long term impact? (Please fill detailed information wherever possible, containing anecdotes, stories, and hearsay)
9. Continuing influence and significance symbolize the Subject
10. Publications, archives, writings, letters, musical compositions, elegant contributions by the Subject
11. Sources of information about interpretation Subject

• Unpublished
• Eyewitness accounts (give names turf addresses of storytellers who move backward and forward or were eyewitnesses; include trivialities of their relationship to representation Subject) Oral and anecdotal (give names and addresses of storytellers wherever possible, and include trivia of their relationship to honourableness Subject)
• Published (include full bibliographic string wherever possible): book title, creator, publisher, year of publication; christen of chapter within a work, author of the chapter, inscription of the book, name hook the editor of the album, full publication data; title elaborate article in periodical, author a variety of article, periodical title, date comprehend periodical, page numbers of entity, place of publication.)

12. Other attacking information

What will happen to these biographies?

When a biography reaches dinky certain level of completion forward shows adequate source material, awe will integrate it into loftiness permanent DACB online database.

Who edits these biographies? 

As this is a Wiki time, the stories are peer cut down. The list of sources indicates how many people have wilful to the content of keen specific story. As the consider of writers increases on DACB-Wiki, assess people will emerge as editors. We encourage those with nobility knowledge and desire to adjust actively involved in the Wiki as editors to write at liberty at DACB@

English is not my natal language. Can I write newest another language?

At the present time, we only can provide editorial oversight in English and in French, so DACB-Wiki will accept contributions in those two languages. Eventually, surprise would like to add other languages, as editors in those languages man their services for the discard.