This book is a rhetorical study of the speeches of Bishop Kleopas Dumeni of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia. The main purpose of the study was to analyse Bishop Dumenis selected speeches based on the five canons of Aristotle, namely, invention, arrangement, style, delivery and memory, and his three modes of persuasion of logos, pathos and ethos. This study examined the English and Oshiwambo speeches which Bishop Dumeni delivered at meetings locally and internationally from 1979 to 1988. The study also examined the responses of audiences to the speeches of Bishop Dumeni and translation techniques used by Bishop Dumeni to get the message across to his target audiences.

Petrus Angula Mbenzi is a lecturer of Oshiwambo in the University of Namibia. He has authored several Oshiwambo books which includes among others grammar books, literary texts, school dictionaries and booklets for Oshiwambo for beginners. Dr. Mbenzi obtained BA, BAHONS, DSPE and PHD from the University of Namibia.