Abstract
This paper aims to explore the nexus of power, literacy and conversion in the work of indigenous evangelists by an analysis of the diaries of Apolo Kivebulaya, a CMS ‘church teacher’ and Ugandan Anglican priest. It uses excerpts from the diaries and oral testimony to understand the Christianity that Apolo and those who read with him were creating and to better comprehend the role of evangelists as cultural brokers mediating change. Two significant stories and an explanation of the nature of Apolo's diaries pave the way for three foci: the agency accorded to texts in the negotiation between literacy and orality at the point of conversion; the contested power of literacy in the context of evangelism; and the connection between reading and conversion in Uganda.
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