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Ruth B. Fisher
1875–1959
A British missionary writer whose books drew on years spent in Uganda, she brought readers vivid accounts of everyday life, travel, and local traditions in East Africa. Her work remains a window into the missionary world of the early 20th century.
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On the borders of pigmy land
by Ruth B. Fisher
About the author
Born Ruth Alice Hurditch in Marylebone in 1875, she was the daughter of the evangelical missioner C. Russell Hurditch. She later became known as Ruth B. Fisher after marrying Church Missionary Society missionary Arthur Bryant Fisher, and she is remembered as a British CMS missionary in Uganda.
She spent many years connected with missionary work in Uganda and wrote about those experiences for a wider audience. Her best-known books include On the Borders of Pigmy Land and Twilight Tales of the Black Baganda, works noted for combining travel writing, missionary observation, and retellings of local history and tradition.
Ruth B. Fisher died in 1959. Later reference works describe her as an important missionary figure of her generation, and her writing still attracts readers interested in Africa, missions, and the voices of women travel writers from that period.