Kuonyi Nxila

Kuonyi Nxila

By: John R. Morrison

Kuonyi Nxila is a biography of John R. Morrison's great-uncle, Rev. William McCutchan Morrison. Told from a firsthand view, and in many cases, directly from William's personal diary and notations which were hand written in his personal Bible, Kuonyi Nxila tells the story of events in William's life, called by God to be a missionary to the Congo. Likely, one of the first true human rights advocates in the world, William enlisted the help of several well-known contemporaries, such as Arthur Conan Doyle, JP Morgan and Mark Twain to fight for the rights of the natives in the Congo.

The name Kuonyi Nxila which was given to Rev. Morrison by the natives literally means "Don't let our paths be blocked again", but William expands that to also mean "Consider the ramifications of what you do". Their story of injustice parallels todays' existing political, racial and social climate in the U.S. and the relevance is almost scary.