Bible in Africa Studies 7
On the Series
"I do not know of any positive association with bias in English but I think
it is ironical and I would suggest we keep it. My reasons are simple, first;
there is indeed a lot of bias in the manner the Bible has been used in Af-
rica, and Europe etc. BiAS would be an interesting series title for us. Sec-
ond, the series is taking a deliberate decision to focus more on the Bible in
Africa, which essentially is a bias also. I therefore think this title should
clearly explain the core of what we are going to do, and maybe at the end
of the series people will realise bias is not always bad."
(M. R. Gunda)With this series of essays collections and monographs on Bible in Africa
and Africa related Biblical Studies we want to open up a forum of aca-
demic exchange on an international level. This exchange is usually not
quite easy, especially between scholars in Africa and in the West. The
reasons are lack of library sources on one side, lack of interest on the
other. Presenting a book series which is published in Germany but
available all over the world via internet we hope to improve communica-
tion a bit. We invite all Biblical scholars dealing with Africa related top-
ics to bring their best studies into the BiAS series. Online publication is
without any costs; only printed exemplars need to be funded.
Joachim Kügler – Lovemore Togarasei – Masiiwa R. Gunda