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In this episode, we explore the remarkable life and legacy of F. Grace Allen, a little-known but deeply influential Free Methodist global worker who spent 53 years serving in Southern Africa. Born in 1864 to a devout Methodist family, Grace's calling to the mission field led her to Portuguese East Africa and later to Fairview Mission Station in South Africa, where she built a home and school for marginalized girls. Through decades of hardship, cultural challenges, and personal sacrifice, she nurtured and educated generations of African children, many of whom became pastors, teachers, and leaders. With heartfelt stories drawn from archival research, we reflect on Grace's deep faith, her pioneering spirit, and the enduring impact of her humble, behind-the-scenes service—reminding us that legacy often grows quietly through a life poured out in love.Learn more about ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Velvet Ashes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Velvet Ashes on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Featured music is "Daughters and Sons" by Eine Blume. Check out more from them on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠iTunes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or wherever you get music!We are grateful to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Barnabas International⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for sponsoring this podcast! Barnabas is a member care organization that shepherds global workers and trains global shepherds. Learn more about them ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Get in touch with Dr. Laura Chevalier Beer at laura.chevalierbeer@velvetashes.com to share thoughts on Legacy stories or suggest a woman to highlight.

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 605, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Simply Simon 1: This CBS private eye series starred Jameson Parker and Gerald McRaney. Simon and Simon. 2: simonsays.com is the web address of this publishing company founded in 1924. Simon and Schuster. 3: Her first Top Ten hit was "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" in 1971. Carly Simon. 4: This character has Uncle Tom beaten to death in "Uncle Tom's Cabin". Simon Legree. 5: In 1812 he penned the "Cartagena Manifesto". Simon Bolivar. Round 2. Category: Rock Collecting 1: The crack, chisel and sledge types of these tools are useful in the field. hammers. 2: It's the canine nickname for an amateur geologist. rockhound. 3: Diluted in water, this chemical, HCI, can be used to dissolve calcite deposits on specimens. hydrochloric acid. 4: This finishing process can be done by hand with silicon carbide or with a tumbling machine. polishing. 5: A mineral has this property if it glows under ultraviolet light. fluorescence. Round 3. Category: Cream 1: Your basic all-American baked potato often comes with this "cream" and chives. sour. 2: One type is made with chocolate and cream; another with damp soil, mostly by children. a mud pie. 3: Captain Parker's in Yarmouth is a 2-time winner of Boston Harborfest's competition in this creamy soup. clam chowder. 4: This Kraft Foods dessert topping comes in an extra creamy version. Cool Whip. 5: Teutonic name for a mousse made with whipped cream and set in a towering mold. Bavarian cream. Round 4. Category: Nation"Z" 1: This country has numerous national parks including Fiordland, Tongariro and Abel Tasman. New Zealand. 2: South America's largest known petroleum deposits lie in this country's Maracaibo Basin. Venezuela. 3: Its Latin name, Helvetia, appears on its coins and stamps. Switzerland. 4: It was once known as Portuguese East Africa. Mozambique. 5: The Baykonur Cosmodrome, Russia's space-launch facility, is actually in this nation. Kazakhstan. Round 5. Category: Ends With "Oof" 1: As a noun it's the horny sheath covering the toes of certain mammals; as a verb, it means "to dance". hoof. 2: To complain bitterly and loudly is to "raise" this. the roof. 3: This can be a careless mistake or a foolish person who might make one. goof. 4: Standoffish. aloof. 5: Accidental poisonings of kids under 5 have declined since this type of closure was introduced. childproof. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia! Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 456, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Presidential Elections 1: Some historians call the election in which this man beat John Breckinridge the most important in U.S. history. (Abraham) Lincoln. 2: This 1968 candidate reportedly urged South Vietnam's President Thieu to scuttle possible peace talks. (Richard) Nixon. 3: William Henry Harrison really had lived in one of these, his symbol in the 1840 campaign, but he added 12 rooms. a log cabin. 4: In early October 1992 he was spending $2 million a day, most of it his own money. (Ross) Perot. 5: In the Gore Vidal novel set in this election year, the hero pins his hopes on Tilden. 1876. Round 2. Category: "J" Whiz 1: It's a trip taken by a public official at public expense, ostensibly for official business. junket. 2: It's not a type of fruit spread, but a large extended campout for several Boy Scout troops together. jamboree. 3: It's believed that the Virgin Mary died in this Middle Eastern city. Jerusalem. 4: This 1847 novel takes place mainly at Lowood Orphan Asylum and Thornfield Hall. "Jane Eyre". 5: The Hagia Sophia in Istanbul was one of the many churches built by this 6th century Byzantine emperor. Justinian I. Round 3. Category: Eyes On The Prize 1: Winners of the Templeton Prize for Understanding of this include Baba Amte, Rabbi Jakobovits and the Rev. Peacocke. Religion. 2: (Lech Walesa delivers the clue, speaking in Polish: I'm Lech Walesa,) In 1983 I was picking mushrooms near Gdansk when it was announced I had won this prize. the Nobel Peace Prize. 3: In April 2002 at the age of 88, Henry Brant won this prize, also given to journalists, for music. the Pulitzer Prize. 4: The $100,000 Potamkin Prize is for research in this aging disease that afflicted Mrs. Potamkin. Alzheimer's disease. 5: This famous British gallery that has lots of J.M.W. Turner works gives the Turner Prize for Contemporary Art. the Tate Gallery. Round 4. Category: Scary Movies 1: Max von Sydow played Father Merrin, the title character of this devilish 1973 scarefest. The Exorcist. 2: Critic L. Maltin say this "unlucky" '80 film as a "clue to why S.A.T. scores continue to decline". Friday the 13th. 3: When Kate Hudson unlocks a hidden attic room that has a terrifying secret, she uses the title object of this 2005 film. The Skeleton Key. 4: In the 1982 film, Adrienne Barbeau was the object of his affection; in 1989 it's Heather Locklear. the Swamp Thing. 5: At about 40, Barbra Streisand played this title girl who disguises herself as a yeshiva boy and sings. Yentl. Round 5. Category: Nation"Z" 1: This country has numerous national parks including Fiordland, Tongariro and Abel Tasman. New Zealand. 2: South America's largest known petroleum deposits lie in this country's Maracaibo Basin. Venezuela. 3: Its Latin name, Helvetia, appears on its coins and stamps. Switzerland. 4: It was once known as Portuguese East Africa. Mozambique. 5: The Baykonur Cosmodrome, Russia's space-launch facility, is actually in this nation. Kazakhstan. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 368, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Tv Drama 1: (VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):(Hi, I'm Ollie North, and)I've played a mysterious intelligence operative named Ollie on 2 episodes of this CBS series about naval lawyers. "JAG". 2: Della Reese has won 3 NAACP Image Awards as outstanding lead actress for playing Tess on this series. "Touched By An Angel". 3: In 1994-95 this medical series finished second in the ratings, the highest ever for a first-year drama series. "ER". 4: This NBC crime drama is the 1st TV drama series executive produced by film director Barry Levinson. "Homicide: Life On The Street". 5: Tom Hanks was the executive producer of this 1998 HBO miniseries about the Apollo space program. "From The Earth To The Moon". Round 2. Category: Presidential Nicknames 1: "Elegant Arthur". Chester A. Arthur. 2: "The Little Magician", "Whiskey Van". Martin van Buren. 3: The "Wizard of Kinderhook". (Martin) Van Buren. 4: The "Kinderhook Fox". Martin Van Buren. 5: "Ten-Cent Jimmy", as well as "Old Buck". James Buchanan. Round 3. Category: Nation"Z" 1: This country has numerous national parks including Fiordland, Tongariro and Abel Tasman. New Zealand. 2: South America's largest known petroleum deposits lie in this country's Maracaibo Basin. Venezuela. 3: Its Latin name, Helvetia, appears on its coins and stamps. Switzerland. 4: It was once known as Portuguese East Africa. Mozambique. 5: The Baykonur Cosmodrome, Russia's space-launch facility, is actually in this nation. Kazakhstan. Round 4. Category: Foods Of The World 1: Some of this cheese named for Parma is cured for several years before it's grated over pasta. Parmesan. 2: The Sevruga type of this fishy treat is made of small, grayish eggs. caviar. 3: Cakes of this soybean curd should be stored in water, and the water should be changed daily. tofu. 4: Originally, this "modest" English pie was made with numbles, which are deer innards. humble pie. 5: Souvlaki, a Greek specialty similar to shish kebab is made with marinated chunks of this meat. lamb. Round 5. Category: Phone Numbers 1: For tourist info on this state, call 1-800-BUCKEYE. Ohio. 2: On Jan.12, 1968, AT and T announced this would be the nationwide standard emergency phone number. 911. 3: Across the country, it's the most common 3 digit number you'd dial for phone repair service. 611. 4: When this Jeff Goldblum/Ed Begley Jr. horror spoof rang into theaters, nobody answered. Transylvania 6-5000. 5: Dialing WE 6-1212 in Baltimore, San Francisco, Washington, D.C. and Pittsburgh will get you this service. weather. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

Welcome back all history fans to the Giants of History Podcast! In this tenth episode of our series on Winston Churchill, we follow Churchill as he formulates his plan to get out of Boer Territory, and win back his freedom, which lies 300 miles away in Portuguese East Africa.  We hope you enjoy! For exclusive access to "Giants of History | Stories" which are extra, full length episodes of Giants of History, visit patreon.com/giantsofhistory. Follow the show on Twitter:  @giantshistory

We are up to episode 53 and this week we'll take a closer look at the use of Improvised Explosive Devices or IEDs in the war. While not a new invention, a Scotsman fighting for the Boers used a new remote triggering mechanism which is illuminating. Nothing brings out innovation in humans more than creative techniques to kill and maim each other. The war at this point in the third week of September 1900 appeared to be in one of those natural lulls, where small skirmishes were reported, and a bridge or two was blown up. But the Boers were planning a long term strategy which the British were only now beginning to fully understand. And the IED was symptomatic of the new guerrilla war. We know that the British in South Africa were totally reliant on the railway lines that had been built through the 19th century. The British army needed these to transport men and material to the two main battle fronts in the Free State and Transvaal - and also to transport the injured back to the various ports in order to be shipped back to their home countries. That's because the alternative to these railway lines, the paths, dirt roads and tracks, were unpredictable and susceptible to the seasonal conditions. Also, mechanised equipment was in its infancy - there were steam driven vehicles which the British used for example, but these were few and far between. Oxen and horses were expensive to ship and these supplies were not always easy to come by - we've heard for example how Argentina, Canada, the USA, Arabia, India and other parts of Africa had been tapped for supplies of mules, horses and oxen. More about this when we hear about the shipping lists in a while. It took months to source these animals, then load them aboard ships which would sail or steam to Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth, East London and even Beira in Portuguese East Africa.

This episode features what's known as the Khaki election of 1900 in England, German mercenaries, Portuguese East Africa, and another update from the teenage schoolgirl called Freda who's unique view of this war continues through her diary. It also the point at which Lord Roberts makes another proclamation after his September 1st declaration that the Transvaal Republic is now officially part of the Queen's dominion. As we know, that was somewhat presumptuous as the British did not control the territory within South Africa, only the main railway line and cities. The veld remained unconquered. Transvaal President Paul Kruger and his government had been pushed inexorably towards the Portuguese EAst African territory and were based in Nelspruit, only 85 kilometers from the border. The British under Lord Roberts were about to strike at the town and a meeting of Boer leaders including President Steyn of the Free State had decided that Kruger would have to make a sea journey to Europe in an effort to beef up diplomacy. It was also to protect Kruger. Had he been captured its clear that most of the Boers would have surrendered so his leaving Africa would be both strategic and tactical. He bowed to the decision apparently as the sentence of God and on the 11th of September he bid farewell to his friends and his government at Nelspruit. Though he was really only taking leave for six months, most wondered if they'd ever see him again. He entrained for Delagoa Bay and while the Portuguese government received him with full diplomatic honours as he awaited his ship to Europe, he must have realised that this was symbolic of a circle which began with the Dutch colonising the Cape in the 1600s, leading to the Great Trek, the war, and now he was to return to the Netherlands amongst other European countries.

The beginning of September 1900 is characterised by small skirmishes that continue to plague Lord Robert's army in South Africa. It's also the start of Spring - which came as a relief for the men who'd slept under the stars with winter temperatures slipping well below zero in many parts of South Africa. But they'd forgotten what happened in mid-Summer as the blazing sun bleached the bones of the dead and powerful thunderstorms lashed the living. September and October 1900 also revealed the limitations of the political will. Remember there's been an uprising called the Boxer Rebellion in China which has occupied the minds of the citizens, whereas this show in Africa is receding in the public consciousness. The government of John X Merriman was to face more criticism shortly. Think about contemporary wars - the UN and American campaign in Iraq and Afghanistan for example. After initial reports from imbedded journalists with their dramatic stories, then the audience begins to wane particularly if the effect of the war is not immediate. Think too of how badly the Russians fared in Afghanistan after they invaded in 1979 - the result of which accelerated the decline of the Soviet Union. Unlike the first world war where people in England could actually hear the Western Front artillery barrages at times, or were bombed by Zeppelins, and in the Second world war where tens of thousands of civilians were killed in Britain, in the Anglo-Boer war the hospital ships limped into harbours with fanfare but no direct effect was felt. So the Anglo-Boer war drifted into the background, to be manipulated by political parties as they argued back and forth about ethics, empire and cost. Something like the American experience where the left and right grapple with internal issues through the lens of distant wars. For the Boers, however, this life and death struggle was very much front and centre, as it was for all South Africans. The Transvaal's political leaders were now compelled to retreat further eastwards, towards the Portuguese East Africa border, while the Orange Free State President Styen had joined Transvaal President Paul Kruger as they moved inexorably towards Delagoa Bay. Portuguese East Africa was neutral territory, and Delagoa Bay was a short-term bolt hole that beckoned both political leaders. Steyn had arrived at Waterval Onder in the final stages of the battle of Bergendal which we heard about last week. He wanted to confer with Ooom Paul Kruger and the remnants of the Transvaal government. Both were forced out of this town and headed further east to Nelspruit, only 85 kilometers from the Portuguese East Africa border. A meeting was held on the 28th August in Nelspruit and apparently this was a memorable occasion. A number of decisions were made including the crucial approval of the new method of war espoused by both General De Wet in the West along with General Koos de la Rey, and General Louis Botha in the East.

It's been a brutal seven months but for the English, they are beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Or so it appears, because as the joke goes, the light at the end of the tunnel could be an oncoming train. The Boers are falling back across a broad front, to the East in Natal, General Redvers Buller finally has found his military mojo and is approaching the Boer lines across the Biggarsberg to the north of Ladysmith. This is where the Highveld or the high plains of South Africa lie, and between him and the plains are Boers ensconsed in the three main passes. In the centre, and about to cross the Vaal River, is Lord Roberts with his massive army of around 50 000 marching steadily towards Pretoria, and in the West, Lord Methuen's unit under Mahon is moving up towards Mafeking and Plumer is north of the same town - they plan to join up there with the Canadians who approached via Beira in Portuguese East Africa. Throughout South Africa, the British plan is finally falling into place. It has taken seven months to subdue the Boers and now for the first time in this conflict, the British Empire appears just that. If you can cast your mind back to October 1899 when the Anglo-Boer war burst onto the global consciousness, the British really believed they'd crush these insolent burghers in the space of a few weeks.

With elegant and accessible prose, Catherine Higgs takes us on a journey in Chocolate Islands: Cocoa, Slavery, and Colonial Africa (Ohio University Press, 2012). It is a fascinating voyage fueled by the correspondence of Joseph Burtt, a man who had helped found a utopian commune before being sent by the chocolate magnate William Cadbury in the early 1900s to investigate labor conditions on cocoa plantations in Africa. For almost two years, Burtt observed and wrote and fevered his way to the large Portuguese colony of Angola, to Mozambique in Portuguese East Africa, and finally to Transvaal in British southern Africa. Higgs's wonderfully evocative account uses Burtt's journey to tell a much larger story about competing British and Portuguese colonial interests in Africa that was fueled, in part, by tensions over very different notions of “labor” and “slavery.” It is a story of the co-creation of two vital commodities of the twentieth century – chocolate and human beings – that invites readers into the hospitals, roads, ships, and plantations that were such crucial sites of negotiation over the basic components of a free human life. It is an engaging and assignable book built on archival work that will satisfy both academic historians and a general audience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With elegant and accessible prose, Catherine Higgs takes us on a journey in Chocolate Islands: Cocoa, Slavery, and Colonial Africa (Ohio University Press, 2012). It is a fascinating voyage fueled by the correspondence of Joseph Burtt, a man who had helped found a utopian commune before being sent by the chocolate magnate William Cadbury in the early 1900s to investigate labor conditions on cocoa plantations in Africa. For almost two years, Burtt observed and wrote and fevered his way to the large Portuguese colony of Angola, to Mozambique in Portuguese East Africa, and finally to Transvaal in British southern Africa. Higgs’s wonderfully evocative account uses Burtt’s journey to tell a much larger story about competing British and Portuguese colonial interests in Africa that was fueled, in part, by tensions over very different notions of “labor” and “slavery.” It is a story of the co-creation of two vital commodities of the twentieth century – chocolate and human beings – that invites readers into the hospitals, roads, ships, and plantations that were such crucial sites of negotiation over the basic components of a free human life. It is an engaging and assignable book built on archival work that will satisfy both academic historians and a general audience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With elegant and accessible prose, Catherine Higgs takes us on a journey in Chocolate Islands: Cocoa, Slavery, and Colonial Africa (Ohio University Press, 2012). It is a fascinating voyage fueled by the correspondence of Joseph Burtt, a man who had helped found a utopian commune before being sent by the chocolate magnate William Cadbury in the early 1900s to investigate labor conditions on cocoa plantations in Africa. For almost two years, Burtt observed and wrote and fevered his way to the large Portuguese colony of Angola, to Mozambique in Portuguese East Africa, and finally to Transvaal in British southern Africa. Higgs’s wonderfully evocative account uses Burtt’s journey to tell a much larger story about competing British and Portuguese colonial interests in Africa that was fueled, in part, by tensions over very different notions of “labor” and “slavery.” It is a story of the co-creation of two vital commodities of the twentieth century – chocolate and human beings – that invites readers into the hospitals, roads, ships, and plantations that were such crucial sites of negotiation over the basic components of a free human life. It is an engaging and assignable book built on archival work that will satisfy both academic historians and a general audience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With elegant and accessible prose, Catherine Higgs takes us on a journey in Chocolate Islands: Cocoa, Slavery, and Colonial Africa (Ohio University Press, 2012). It is a fascinating voyage fueled by the correspondence of Joseph Burtt, a man who had helped found a utopian commune before being sent by the chocolate magnate William Cadbury in the early 1900s to investigate labor conditions on cocoa plantations in Africa. For almost two years, Burtt observed and wrote and fevered his way to the large Portuguese colony of Angola, to Mozambique in Portuguese East Africa, and finally to Transvaal in British southern Africa. Higgs’s wonderfully evocative account uses Burtt’s journey to tell a much larger story about competing British and Portuguese colonial interests in Africa that was fueled, in part, by tensions over very different notions of “labor” and “slavery.” It is a story of the co-creation of two vital commodities of the twentieth century – chocolate and human beings – that invites readers into the hospitals, roads, ships, and plantations that were such crucial sites of negotiation over the basic components of a free human life. It is an engaging and assignable book built on archival work that will satisfy both academic historians and a general audience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With elegant and accessible prose, Catherine Higgs takes us on a journey in Chocolate Islands: Cocoa, Slavery, and Colonial Africa (Ohio University Press, 2012). It is a fascinating voyage fueled by the correspondence of Joseph Burtt, a man who had helped found a utopian commune before being sent by the chocolate magnate William Cadbury in the early 1900s to investigate labor conditions on cocoa plantations in Africa. For almost two years, Burtt observed and wrote and fevered his way to the large Portuguese colony of Angola, to Mozambique in Portuguese East Africa, and finally to Transvaal in British southern Africa. Higgs’s wonderfully evocative account uses Burtt’s journey to tell a much larger story about competing British and Portuguese colonial interests in Africa that was fueled, in part, by tensions over very different notions of “labor” and “slavery.” It is a story of the co-creation of two vital commodities of the twentieth century – chocolate and human beings – that invites readers into the hospitals, roads, ships, and plantations that were such crucial sites of negotiation over the basic components of a free human life. It is an engaging and assignable book built on archival work that will satisfy both academic historians and a general audience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With elegant and accessible prose, Catherine Higgs takes us on a journey in Chocolate Islands: Cocoa, Slavery, and Colonial Africa (Ohio University Press, 2012). It is a fascinating voyage fueled by the correspondence of Joseph Burtt, a man who had helped found a utopian commune before being sent by the chocolate magnate William Cadbury in the early 1900s to investigate labor conditions on cocoa plantations in Africa. For almost two years, Burtt observed and wrote and fevered his way to the large Portuguese colony of Angola, to Mozambique in Portuguese East Africa, and finally to Transvaal in British southern Africa. Higgs's wonderfully evocative account uses Burtt's journey to tell a much larger story about competing British and Portuguese colonial interests in Africa that was fueled, in part, by tensions over very different notions of “labor” and “slavery.” It is a story of the co-creation of two vital commodities of the twentieth century – chocolate and human beings – that invites readers into the hospitals, roads, ships, and plantations that were such crucial sites of negotiation over the basic components of a free human life. It is an engaging and assignable book built on archival work that will satisfy both academic historians and a general audience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-american-studies