Harry Sawyerr (theologian)

Harry Alphonso Ebun Sawyerr (9 October 1909 – August 1986) was a Sierra Leonean Anglican theologian and writer on African religion.^[1] He became principal of Fourah Bay College and Vice Chancellor of the University of Sierra Leone.^[2]

Sawyerr studied initially at Fourah Bay College, later moving to England to study at the main campus of Durham University.^[3] He successively earned Bachelor of Arts (1933), Master of Arts (1936) and Master of Education (1940) degrees.^[3]

Harry Sawyerr was influenced by Thomas Sylvester Johnson, the first assistant bishop of Sierra Leone.^[4]

Works[]

(with William Thomas Harris) The Springs of Mende Beliefs and Conduct: a discussion of the influence of the belief in the supernatural among the Mende, 1968
Creative Evangelism: towards a new Christian encounter with Africa, 1968
God: Ancestor or Creator? Aspects of traditional belief in Ghana, Nigeria & Sierra Leone, 1970
(ed. J. Paratt) The Practice of Presence: Selected Papers of Harry Sawyerr, 1995

References[]

^ L. M. Miles, Harry Alphonso Ebun Sawyerr, Dictionary of African Christian Biography, 2005. Accessed 18 November 2012.
^ C. Magbaily Fyle (2006). Historical Dictionary of Sierra Leone: New Edition. Scarecrow Press. p. 175. ISBN 978-0-8108-5339-3. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Sawyerr, Rev. Prof. Canon Harry Alphonso Ebun, (16 Oct. 1909–1986)". UK Who's Who. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
^ Andrew F. Wallis, 'Johnson, Thomas Sylvester', in Gerald H. Anderson, ed., Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions, 1998. Reprinted online Archived 2012-05-20 at the Wayback Machine at the Dictionary of African Christian Biography.

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[1] L. M. Miles, Harry Alphonso Ebun Sawyerr, Dictionary of African Christian Biography, 2005. Accessed 18 November 2012.

[Fyle2006-2] C. Magbaily Fyle (2006). Historical Dictionary of Sierra Leone: New Edition. Scarecrow Press. p. 175. ISBN 978-0-8108-5339-3. Retrieved 18 November 2012.

[harrysawyerr-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Sawyerr, Rev. Prof. Canon Harry Alphonso Ebun, (16 Oct. 1909–1986)". UK Who's Who. Retrieved 5 October 2018.

[4] Andrew F. Wallis, 'Johnson, Thomas Sylvester', in Gerald H. Anderson, ed., Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions, 1998. Reprinted online Archived 2012-05-20 at the Wayback Machine at the Dictionary of African Christian Biography.

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