| Abinal, Antoine | Catholic Church | Madagascar | EN FR |
Translator Index
Individuals who translated biblical and religious texts into local African languages.
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| Name | Affiliation | Country | Languages |
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| Abraham, Emmanuel | Mekane Yesus Church | Ethiopia | EN |
| Acquaah, Gaddiel Robert | Methodist | Ghana | EN FR |
| Afsé ('Afsé) | Ancient Christian Church | Ethiopia | EN |
| Akrofi, Clement Anderson (A) | Basel Mission | Ghana | EN FR |
| Akrofi, Clement Anderson (B) | Presbyterian | Ghana | EN |
| Aku, Andreas | Presbyterian | Ghana | EN |
| Alef ('Aléf) | Ancient Christian Church | Ethiopia | EN |
| Andrianaivoravelona, Josefa | Madagascar | EN FR |
| Aragawi, Mikael (A) | Protestant | Ethiopia | EN |
| Aragawi, Mikael (B) | Protestant | Ethiopia | EN |
| Aragawi, Za-Mika'el (A) | Ancient Christian Church | Ethiopia | EN FR |
| Aragawi, Za-Mika'el (B) | Ancient Christian Church | Ethiopia | EN |
| Archbell, James | Methodist | South Africa Botswana Lesotho | EN |
| Asante, David | Basel Mission | Ghana | EN |
| Ashe, Robert Pickering | Anglican Communion (Church Missionary Society) | Uganda | EN |
| Auer, John Gottlieb | Anglican Communion (Episcopal) | Liberia | EN |
| Awoniyi, Joel Dada | Seventh-Day Adventist | Nigeria | EN |
| Badma Yalew | Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus | Ethiopia | EN |
| Balele, Zakaria | Africa Inland Church | Tanzania | EN |
| Barlow, Arthur Ruffelle | Church of Scotland | Kenya | EN |
| Bendor-Samuel, John Theodore | Evangelical | Ghana | EN |
| Bentley, William Holman | Baptist Missionary Society | Democratic Republic of Congo | EN |
| Berthoud, Henri | Free Church | South Africa Mozambique | FR |
| Berthoud, Paul (B) | Free Church of the Canton of Vaud | South Africa Mozambique | EN |
| Bessieux, Jean-Rémi (A) | Catholic Church | Gabon | FR |
| Bessieux, Jean-Rémi (B) | Catholic Church | Gabon | EN |
| Birech, Ezekiel Kiprop | Africa Inland Church | Kenya | EN |
| Bonaventura De Sardegna | Catholic Church | Congo | EN |
| Borgen, Martinius | Lutheran | Madagascar | EN FR |
| Bowen, John Bernard | Anglican Communion (Church Missionary Society) | Sierra Leone | EN |
| Capitein, Jacobus (A) | Dutch Reformed Church | Ghana | EN |
| Capitein, Jacobus (B) | Dutch Reformed Church | Ghana | EN |
| Capitein, Jacobus (C) | Dutch Reformed Church | Ghana | EN |
| Carscallen, Arthur Asa Grandville | Seventh-Day Adventist | Kenya | EN |
| Casalis, Eugene (A) | French Reformed Church | South Africa | EN |
| Casalis, Eugène (B) | French Reformed Church | South Africa | EN |
| Celse, Chikonde | Catholic Church | Zambia | EN |
| Chadwick, Walter | Anglican Communion | Kenya Uganda | EN |
| Chawner, Charles Austin | Pentecostal | South Africa | EN |
| Chitemo, Gresford | Anglican Communion (Church Missionary Society) | Tanzania Kenya | EN |
| Christaller, Johannes Gottlieb (A) | Basel Mission | Ghana | EN |
| Christaller, Johannes Gottlieb (B) | Basel Mission | Ghana | EN FR |
| Clark, Robert Shepherd and Mrs. | Anglican Communion (Bible Church Missionary Society) | Uganda | EN |
| Cole, Michael S. | Anglican Communion (Church of Nigeria) | Nigeria | EN |
| Corbeau, Joseph | Catholic Church | Niger | FR |
| Cousins, William Edward | London Missionary Society | Madagascar | EN FR |
| Creux, Ernest and Paul Berthoud | Free Church of the Canton of Vaud | South Africa Mozambique | EN PT |
| Crowther, Dandeson Coates (A) | Anglican Communion (Church Missionary Society) | Nigeria | EN |
| Crowther, Samuel Ajayi (A) | Anglican Communion | Nigeria Sierra Leone | EN FR |
| Crowther, Samuel Ajayi (B) | Anglican Communion | Nigeria Sierra Leone | EN PT |
| Crowther, Samuel Ajayi (C) | Anglican Communion | Nigeria Sierra Leone | EN |
| Crowther, Samuel Ajayi (D) | Anglican Communion (Church Missionary Society) | Nigeria Sierra Leone | EN |
| Crowther, Samuel Ajayi (E) | Anglican Communion | Nigeria Sierra Leone | EN |
| Crowther, Samuel Ajayi (F) | Anglican Communion | Nigeria Sierra Leone | EN PT |
| Cupidon, John | Methodist | Gambia | EN |
| Da Urbino, Giusto | Catholic Church | Ethiopia | EN |
| Dahl, Otto Christian | Lutheran (Norwegian Missionary Society) | Madagascar | EN |
| Dahle, Lars Nilsen (A) | Protestant | Madagascar | FR |
| Dahle, Lars Nilsen (B) | Protestant | Madagascar | EN |
| Dahunsi, Emmanuel Ajayi | Nigerian Baptist Convention | Nigeria | EN |
| De Foucauld, Charles Eugène (A) | Catholic Church | Algeria Tunisia Morocco | EN FR |
| De Foucauld, Charles Eugène (B) | Catholic Church | Algeria Tunisia Morocco | EN FR |
| De Foucauld, Charles Eugène (C) | Catholic Church | Algeria Tunisia Morocco | EN FR |
| Denis, Louis | Catholic Church | Malawi | FR |
| Dennis, Thomas John (A) | Anglican Communion (Church Missionary Society) | Nigeria | EN |
| Dennis, Thomas John (B) | Anglican Communion (Church Missionary Society) | Nigeria | EN |
| Desta, Azeb | Meserete Kristos Church (Mennonite Mission) | Ethiopia | EN |
| Dias, Manuel | Church of the Nazarene | Mozambique | EN PT |
| Dibble, Raymond T. | Protestant | Nigeria | EN |
| Dlamini, Salome Sifile | Church of the Nazarene | Eswatini Malawi | EN |
| Dobinson, Henry Hughes | Anglican Communion (Church Missionary Society) | Nigeria | EN |
| Doke, Clement Martyn (A) | Baptist | South Africa Zambia | EN |
| Doke, Clement Martyn (B) | Baptist | South Africa | EN |
| Donga, Sira (B) | Anglican Communion (Church of Uganda) | Uganda | EN |
| Dongo, Sira (A) | Anglican Communion (Church of Uganda) | Uganda | EN |
| Du Toit, Stephanus Jacobus (A) | Reformed | South Africa | EN |
| Du Toit, Stephanus Jacobus (B) | Dutch Reformed Church | South Africa | EN |
| Duta, Henry Wright (A) | Anglican Communion (Church Missionary Society) | Uganda | EN |
| Duta, Henry Wright (B) | Anglican Communion (Church Missionary Society) | Uganda | EN |
| Edmiston, Althea | Presbyterian | Democratic Republic of Congo | EN |
| Elmslie, Walter Angus | Protestant | Malawi | EN |
| Envuladu, Emmanuel Adagadzu | Evangelical Reformed Church of Christ | Nigeria | EN |
| Ezanno, Joseph-François | Catholic Church | Senegal | EN |
| Ferreira, Humberto Pires | Church of the Nazarene | Cape Verde | EN PT |
| Flad, Johann Martin (A) | Basel Mission | Ethiopia | EN |
| Flad, Johann Martin (B) | Basel Mission | Ethiopia | EN |
| Gobat, Samuel | Lutheran | Ethiopia | EN |
| Good, Adolphus Clemens | Presbyterian | Cameroon | EN |
| Griffiths, David | London Missionary Society | Madagascar | EN FR |
| Guillebaud, Rosemary | Anglican Communion (Church Missionary Society) | Burundi | EN |
| Gunnerius, Tollefsen | Pentecostal | Democratic Republic of Congo | EN |
| Hatasa, Bafe | Kale Heywet Church | Ethiopia | EN |
| Hazeley, Peter Philip | Wesleyan Methodist | Sierra Leone | EN |
| Hetherwick, Alexander | Church of Scotland | Malawi | EN |
| Heyling, Peter | Coptic Church | Egypt Ethiopia | EN |
| Hinderer, David | Anglican Communion (Church Missionary Society) | Nigeria | EN |
| Hodgson, Francis and Jessie | Anglican Communion | Tanzania | EN |
| Hulstaert, Gustaf | Catholic Church | Democratic Republic of Congo | EN |
| Imasogie, Osadolor | Baptist | Nigeria | EN FR |
| Isenberg, Karl Wilhelm | Lutheran | Ethiopia | EN |
| Johns, David | London Missionary Society | Madagascar | EN FR |
| Johnson, Henry (A) | Anglican Communion (Church Missionary Society) | Sierra Leone | EN |
| Johnson, Henry (B) | Anglican Communion (Church Missionary Society) | Sierra Leone | EN |
| Johnson, Philip | Wesleyan Methodist | Sierra Leone | EN |
| Johnson, Thomas Sylvester Claudius | Anglican Communion | Sierra Leone | EN |
| Jones, David | Protestant | Madagascar | EN FR |
| Jones, David Picton | Congregational | Zambia | EN |
| Jordan, Archibald Campbell | Traditional Religionist | South Africa | EN |
| Junod, Henri-Alexandre | Protestant | Mozambique South Africa | EN |
| Kanku Wankuba Mubensha, Athanase | Elim Church of Pentecost | Democratic Republic of Congo | FR |
| Kayizzi, Jonathan | Anglican Communion (Church Missionary Society) | Uganda | EN |
| Kebede, Berhanu | Guenet Church | Ethiopia | EN |
| Keita, Kassoum (A) | Evangelical Protestant Church of Mali | Mali | FR |
| Keita, Kassoum (B) | Evangelical | Mali | EN |
| Kestell, John Daniel | Dutch Reformed Church | South Africa | EN |
| King, Thomas | Anglican Communion (Church Missionary Society) | Sierra Leone | EN |
| Kisingiri, Zakarya Kizito | Anglican Communion (Church of Uganda) | Uganda | EN |
| Kitching, Arthur Leonard | Anglican Communion (Church Missionary Society) | Uganda | EN |
| Kivebulaya, Apolo (E) | Anglican Communion | Uganda Democratic Republic of Congo | EN |
| Kivebulaya, Apolo (F) | Anglican Communion | Uganda Democratic Republic of Congo | EN |
| Klein, Frederick Augustus | Anglican Communion (Church Missionary Society) | Egypt | EN |
| Knoblecher, Ignaz | Catholic Church | Sudan | EN |
| Koelle, Sigismund | Anglican Communion (Church Missionary Society) | Sierra Leone | EN |
| Kotz, Ernst | Seventh-Day Adventist | Tanzania | EN |
| Krapf, Johann Ludwig (A) | Anglican Communion | Ethiopia Kenya Tanzania | EN |
| Krapf, Johann Ludwig (B) | Lutheran | Ethiopia Kenya Tanzania | EN |
| Krapf, Johann Ludwig (C) | Anglican Communion | Ethiopia Kenya Tanzania | EN |
| Krapf, Johann Ludwig (D) | Lutheran | Ethiopia Kenya Tanzania | EN |
| Lakew, Bekele | Emmanuel Baptist Church | Ethiopia | EN |
| Lapsley, Samuel Norvell | Presbyterian | Democratic Republic of Congo | EN |
| Lawiri, Ezra Baya | Anglican Communion (Church of the Sudan) | South Sudan | EN FR |
| Ludwig, Rufo Christian Paulus | Protestant Mission | Ethiopia | EN FR |
| Lull, Ramón | Catholic Church | Algeria | EN FR |
| Lusoki Kituki, Simon | Church of Christ in the Congo (CEFMC) | Democratic Republic of Congo | FR |
| Mabathoana, Emmanuel Gregory | Catholic Church | Lesotho | EN |
| Maboee, Austin | Anglican Communion (Church of the Province of Southern Africa) | South Africa | EN |
| MacWilliam, Anita Marie | Catholic Church (Maryknoll Sisters) | Tanzania | EN |
| Macaulay, Thomas Babington (A) | Anglican Communion (Church Missionary Society) | Sierra Leone | EN |
| Macaulay, Thomas Babington (B) | Anglican Communion | Sierra Leone | EN |
| Mackay, Sembera K. | Anglican Communion (Church of Uganda) | Uganda | EN |
| Maddox, Harry Edward | Anglican Communion (Church Missionary Society) | Uganda | EN |
| Maenetja, Dalton Chenchi | Church of the Nazarene | South Africa | EN |
| Mankah, John | Anglican Communion (Church Missionary Society) | Sierra Leone | EN |
| Mantantu, Dundulu | Baptist | Democratic Republic of Congo | EN |
| Masunyane, Ezekiel | Primitive Methodist | Zambia Lesotho | EN |
| Matthews, Thomas Trotter | London Missionary Society | Madagascar | EN |
| Mayr, Franz | Catholic Church | South Africa | EN |
| Mbanze, Vicente | Church of the Nazarene | Mozambique | EN PT |
| Mbhele, Julius uMkomazi | Catholic Church | South Africa | EN |
| Mbiti, John Samuel | Anglican Communion | Kenya | EN |
| Mekonnen, Gebre Michael | Catholic Church | Ethiopia | EN PT |
| Michael, Gebhre (A) | Catholic Church | Ethiopia | EN FR |
| Michael, Gebhre (B) | Catholic Church | Ethiopia | EN FR |
| Moffat, Robert (A) | Presbyterian | South Africa | EN |
| Moffat, Robert (B) | Presbyterian | South Africa | EN |
| Moffat, Robert (C) | Presbyterian | South Africa | EN |
| Moffat, Robert (D) | Presbyterian | South Africa | EN |
| Mompoko Mo-Ikombo, Antoine Daniel | Church of Christ in the Congo (CBFC) | Democratic Republic of Congo | FR |
| Monnier, Henri (A) | Seventh-Day Adventist | Rwanda | EN FR |
| Monnier, Henri (B) | Seventh-Day Adventist | Rwanda | EN |
| Morgan, William | Anglican Communion (Church Missionary Society) | Sierra Leone | EN |
| Morrison, William McCutchan | Presbyterian | Democratic Republic of Congo | EN |
| Mulutu, Madari | Anglican Communion (Church Missionary Society) | Tanzania | EN |
| Murray, William Hoppe | Dutch Reformed Church | South Africa Malawi | EN |
| Myers, Estella Catherine | Brethren Church | Central African Republic | EN |
| Ndzimandze, Juliet Kayise | Church of the Nazarene | Eswatini | EN |
| Nesib, Onesimus | Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus | Ethiopia | EN FR |
| Ngidi, Andreas Mdontswa | Catholic Church | South Africa | EN |
| Ngoumbe, Zacharie | Evangelical Lutheran Church of Cameroon | Cameroon | FR |
| Nikkel, Marc (A) | Anglican Communion (Episcopal) | South Sudan | EN |
| Nikkel, Marc (B) | Anglican Communion | South Sudan | EN |
| Noujaim, Selim Elias | Seventh-Day Adventist | Egypt | EN |
| Ntsama, Charles Atangana (A) | Catholic Church | Cameroon | EN FR |
| Ntsama, Charles Atangana (B) | Catholic Church | Cameroon | FR |
| Nyanganji, David Yunwun | Baptist | Cameroon | EN |
| Nyländer, Gustavus Reinhold | Anglican Communion (Church Missionary Society) | Sierra Leone | EN FR |
| Nyoat, Moses Kuac | Presbyterian Church of the Sudan | Sudan | EN |
| Ockiya, Daniel Ogiriki | Anglican Communion | Nigeria | EN |
| Odhama, Yoko Matayo | Church of Christ in the Congo (CECA) | Democratic Republic of Congo | FR |
| Ofuoku, Palmer Ese Onoiovosa | Nigerian Baptist Convention | Nigeria | EN |
| Opoku, Theophilus | Basel Mission | Ghana | EN |
| Othon, Houngue | Evangelical Lutheran Church of Cameroon | Cameroon | FR |
| Otubu, Godfrey Itse Mene | Eternal Sacred Order of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church | Nigeria | EN |
| Pantalewon | Ancient Christian Church | Ethiopia | EN |
| Papastathopoulos, Chrysostom | Greek Orthodox Church | Uganda Democratic Republic of Congo Tanzania | EN |
| Pearse, Samuel | Anglican Communion (Church Missionary Society) | Sierra Leone | EN |
| Pearson, Charles William | Anglican Communion | Uganda | EN |
| Pilkington, George Lawrence | Anglican Communion (Church Missionary Society) | Uganda | EN |
| Pleydell, Albert | Anglican Communion | Kenya Uganda | EN |
| Protten, Christian Jacob (A) | Moravian Church | Ghana | EN |
| Protten, Christian Jacob (B) | Moravian Church | Ghana | EN |
| Rahidy, Basilide | Catholic Church | Madagascar | FR |
| Rajaobélona | Lutheran | Madagascar | EN FR |
| Reed, George C. | Gospel Missionary Union | Morocco | EN |
| Reindorf, Carl Christian (A) | Presbyterian | Ghana | EN |
| Reindorf, Carl Christian (B) | Basel Mission | Ghana | EN |
| Reindorf, Carl Christian (C) | Basel Mission | Ghana | EN |
| Richardson, James | Protestant | Madagascar | FR |
| Risase, Petro Kime | Seventh-Day Adventist | Tanzania | EN |
| Roehl, Karl | Bethel Mission | Rwanda Tanzania | EN |
| Rolland, Samuel | Paris Evangelical Missionary Society | South Africa | EN |
| Saoli, J. Russell | Church of the Nazarene | South Africa | EN |
| Schmelen, Johann | London Missionary Society | Namibia | EN |
| Schreuder, Hans P. S. | Lutheran | South Africa | EN |
| Scott, David Clement | Church of Scotland | Malawi Kenya | EN |
| Sebit, Michael K. | Catholic Church | South Sudan | EN |
| Seri, Daka | Kale Heywet Church | Ethiopia | EN |
| Shaw, Archibald | Anglican Communion (Church Missionary Society) | Sudan | EN |
| Smart, Frederick Weeks | Anglican Communion (Church Missionary Society) | Sierra Leone | EN |
| Smith, Percy | North Africa Mission Methodist Episcopal Church | Algeria Tunisia | EN |
| Soga, John Henderson (A) | Presbyterian | South Africa | EN |
| Soga, John Henderson (B) | Presbyterian | South Africa | EN |
| Soga, Tiyo (A) | Presbyterian | South Africa | EN |
| Soga, Tiyo (B) | Presbyterian | South Africa | EN PT |
| Soga, Tiyo (C) | Presbyterian | South Africa | EN |
| Soga, Tiyo (D) | Presbyterian | South Africa | EN |
| Soga, Tiyo (E) | Presbyterian | South Africa | EN |
| Spieth, Jakob | Basel Mission | Togo Ghana | EN |
| Springer, Helen Emily | Methodist Episcopal Church | Zimbabwe Congo | EN |
| Steere, Edward | Anglican Communion | Malawi Tanzania | EN |
| Stern, Rudolf Leupoldt | Moravian Church | Tanzania | EN |
| Swanson, Victor | Gospel Missionary Union North Africa Mission | Morocco | EN |
| Taylor, John C. | Anglican Communion (Church Missionary Society) | Sierra Leone | EN |
| Tesfaye, Mesfin | Berhane Wengel Church Kale Heywet Church | Ethiopia | EN |
| Timneng, Michael | Catholic Church | Cameroon | EN |
| Torrend, Jules | Catholic Church (Jesuit) | Mozambique Zimbabwe South Africa | EN |
| Tucker, John Taylor | Congregational Evangelical Alliance of Angola | Angola | EN PT |
| Tucker, John Taylor | Congregational Evangelical Alliance of Angola | Angola | EN PT |
| Van Meerhof, Eva | Dutch Reformed Church | South Africa | EN |
| Vedder, Hermann Heinrich | Rhenish Missionary Society | Namibia South Africa | EN |
| Webber, Joseph | Catholic Church | Madagascar | FR |
| Westberg, Sigurd Fredrik | Covenant Church | Democratic Republic of Congo | FR |
| White, James | Anglican Communion (Church Missionary Society) | Sierra Leone | EN |
| White, John | Methodist | South Africa | EN |
| Wynne, Ronald Charles | Anglican Communion | Botswana | EN |
| Yaw Opam, Solomon Enoch | Seventh-Day Adventist | Ghana | EN |
| Yoane, Akudri Dada | Church of Christ in the Congo (CECA) | Democratic Republic of Congo | FR |
| Zimmermann, Johannes | Basel Mission | Ghana | EN |
