Much good academic work has been done on the mainline churches in many African countries.
It is thus one of the many contributions needed for the writing of a History of.
This book describes the History of one of the "smaller" churches the Zambia Baptist Association with its roots in Malawi (1905) and its missionary connections to England, South Africa, Sweden, Australia and finally to the Liebenzell Mission in Germany.
But less so on the "smaller" missions and the churches that they founded.
Much good academic work has been done on the mainline churches in many African countries