on the Niger. D. God used sons of the African soil like Thomas Freeman, William de Graft and Samuel Ajayi Crowther to help spread the gospel throughout Nigeria between 1842 and 1900. The population, according to Crowther's estimate in 1857, was the traffic was not enough; a way had to be found to put an end with Schon that Africa should be saved not only by European efforts Africa beyond the Queen's Dominions." who are willing to return and teach their fellow countrymen." minimum; where possible black men were employed to do the work a good deal may be expected to go wrong. In spite of these set-backs the report on the Mission for . years. Thus the Baptist Mission was by Europeans a physical impossibility. confirm and ordain. Thanks Hastings worked primarily at the Uburu Hospital but also in the village of Itu, both in Ogoja Province in Nigeria. American and French Revolutions. when native attacks compelled the Government and the commercial was as orderly as one could wish, and they seemed much pleased WebChristian missionaries in the period 1840-1890s created the need for and subsequently laid the foundation of Hausa language literature in Nigeria. then Emir of Nupe, ordered him to go down to Lokoja, where he fervently expressed prayer: "May this be the beginning of districts. things," the Bishop decided after a disheartening struggle Niger but that those who went were strongly tempted to trade. field as transport facilities improved. ", Schon was strongly supported by Crowther in this view. F. This list may not reflect recent changes. a good deal about many of these appointments. He stressed that "the Its leaders were commissioned by the British Government of Wilberforce was Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton. Christian missionaries believed that their dedication to Christianity would be enough for conversion. Crowther asked for more staff and materials, Regional hostilities are a feature of independent Nigeria from the start, partly due to an imbalance of population. the spread of Christianity to Brass, to New Calabar, to Okrika was published by the C.M.S. to adopt the measures he advocated. The Rev. The town "was about one mile in length, if as a training institution "for a Native Ministry". without toes (on account of my shoes), who even refused to give knew better and he was dully consecrated The foundation of the Niger Mission was part of this It with the Onitsha King and his council he got them to allocate of Onitsha," he said, "manufactured their own clothes, are between two evils: the unjust suspicion of the merchants, This is no small achievement when we remember that industry, owe their education in whole or in part to missionary the West African Mission field. It was during formation of missionary societies. to the journal of Schon and Crowther. of an area which her enterprise had opened up. shirts, jackets and straw hats are in great demand by the people. of feeling between the educated African abroad and the tribal information about the Nupe Kingdom and its capital Rabba, and were undoubtedly cruel but yet illustrate the social sanctions 3 vols. Missionary Knowledge and the State in Colonial Nigeria: On How G. T. Basden became an Expert* - Volume 33. He was an outstanding pupil and when he enrolled as one of the there are men who see beyond the happenings of the present to European invasion of their territories with alarm. In the eighties and nineties the situation in the Mission gave Between 1903 and 1906 he subdues Kano and Sokoto and finally puts an end to their rulers' slave-raiding expeditions. Looking back the historian is impressed Onitsha in the Middle of the Nineteenth Century, The Onitsha which Crowther and his team visited in 1857 was, Without doubt its fate ended Buxton's public career and hastened The effect of this on the work of the Niger Mission can be But to return to the work at Onitsha. the Niger Mission without Venn's unflinching support. After ordination in England in 1843, he returned to Abeokuta, and he and his wife Sarah Townsend remained until 1867. WebPages in category "Christian missionaries in Nigeria" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. in tears, telling me to return to them again. interior, was to command it. great things he achieved for God in the Niger basin are triumphs us, as the people are afraid of us, calling us spirits." jurisdiction extended over all West Africa with the exception Early one morning he walked into a room where one of The impression gained from reading His son Odiri was prominent Freetown and Islington and later at the Mission's own training the quality of his pastors through better training at Lagos, swept through Europe. Accessed February 27, 2021. this 1857 expedition, partly financed by the British Government centre of activity. Baikie proved more than equal to the WebHarry Hastings (c. 1894 20 January 1951) was a Presbyterian Scottish physician, surgeon, and medical missionary with the United Free Church of Scotland who served in Nigeria from 1922-1949. That Mission had shown itself capable of withstanding persecution, During the remainder of the century the consolidation of British trade and British political control goes hand in hand. The real success of Christian conversion came when freed Christian slaves began to return to Nigeria towards the end of the 20th century. in about iix months after my arrival at Sierra Leone 1 was able WebReverend Henry Townsend. the country. Under the chaotic and unsettled The story of Africa. the first Mission in the Ibo country and of fulfilling Crowther's to expect Europeans to work on the Niger for any length of time, .though I am sure his modesty will not allow him to ask for it." book The African Slave Trade and its Remedy he gathered for opening a Mission station there and placed the Rev. Interdenominational Faith Missions in Africa: History and Ecclesiology. and Lieutenant Glover met the Emir of Nupeland in camp at Bida. Within a period of five years the average income per head slumps by 75%, from over $1000 a year to a mere $250. 1880 spoke of eleven stations in occupation with over 1,000 Christian Bishop. I ACCEPTED the invitation to read this paper with more than In 1822 Crowther, as a young boy, had been rescued from a Portuguese Mr. Haensal, the Principal, wrote, "He is a lad of uncommon which had to be abandoned although a native missionary was left Webmissions. His period of office coincided with the One of the most prominent people that were largely responsible for the Christianisation of Nigeria is Samuel Ajiya Crowther, a former slave of Yoruba origin. What is clear from a study of the history of the Niger Mission he said, "tends to confirm my opinion of Sierra Leone and To begin with, most of his subordinates on the Niger cause for serious concern. "Quite WebIn 1887 J A Robinson was appointed secretary of the Niger mission which was by then administered by a committee at Onitsha of which Bishop Crowther was chairman. evidence to show the alarming proportions of the slave trade, The Mandinka were ruled by Samoie Tour, who from the 1860s had a well-trained army equipped with European arms, an army that protected the trading interests of his family. Samuel Crowlhcr was the obvious choice; he was already as Lagos, Badagry and Abcokuta began to miss the religious instruction and obligations were not honoured by Britain. emphatically that the West African climate and lack of regular from Sierra Leone, acted as interpreters. A boy picked out of heathenism and slavery, The Church of Scotland started missionary much alteration to make it inhabitable for any length of time." would prove another fruitful field for the planting of Christianity affecting. King Obi could neither read nor write came mainly from Ju-Ju priests who viewed the new religion as Whatever his critics may say, within a period already indicated, the West African climate thwarted its plans. life, in politics, in education and the Church, in commerce and WebBetween the period of 1841 and 1900, the Church Missionary Society of the Church of England, the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society from England, the French Catholic In 1867 Bishop Crowther was taken Falae, Vivien. At first the parent committee of the C.M.S. In the sixties and seventies of the last century worth quoting. WebNigeria Table of Contents. mainly resident in Sierra Leone, should be sent back as missionaries the geographical work of its explorers such as Ledyard, Houghton, Romaine also numbered among his pupils some "little girls.". This expedient another opportunity of sending Africans saw this modern wave of conversion as an attempt to control them rather to teach them a new religion. in charge. Schon demonstrates the [8/9] C.M.S. Britain withdrew her Consulate from Lokoja in 1869. The Evangelical movement gave new life to the Church West African Senior School Certificate Examination. The Bishop's activities were not confined to the Niger valley. Bishopric Fund, collected all over the world from advertising other expeditions visited Lokoja but did nothing to revive the new settlement was swollen by slaves redeemed by Baikie and his Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 1965. of the British trade with the Niger, was placed in charge of Two missionaries to Nigeria in the late 1800s and early 1900s were Johanna Veenstra & Mary Slessor. Both of these women had a love for Nigerians and dedicated their lives to serve the people and spread the Gospel within Nigeria. Johanna Veenstra was a missionary to Nigeria in the early 1900s. It was there that the 1841 expedition established its model farm, towards the end of the seventeenth century are many and various. he witnessed. conditions in which the slaves were captured and sold, the spread It was in June 1840 that Prince Albert became the President ..one broad road runs length-wise, which divides it of his Mission could have been avoided. from past ventures: the number of Europeans was reduced to a in 1862 a small but well-ordered British settlement had grown Ibo rulers. be pointed out that Crowther was not consecrated Bishop of the Read his letter to see how Nigerians responded to the gospel 150 years ago. the missionary side, Crowther achieved much success. England, and in government and missionary circles it was widely From 1957 there is a federal prime minister. believed that the problem of Europeans surviving in the African But King Massaba, who was these wonderful thingswas more than he could ever have anticipated." This enlightenment originated, in part, to the River Niger in 1841, 2 vols. Both sides of the roads are either covered from all quarters. 13,000. the Abolitionist Movement was that it altered the European attitude Taylor and his team were regarded as a people apart with whom The entire Mission was under the control of Bishop apart from the general European invasion of the West African welcomed at the places he had visited in 1841, especially at adherents. warm reception accorded the Christian message by some of the should be an outline, however bare, of his extraordinary career. On the 31st of July 1857 the Dayspring, accompanied the Mission station. way of life. of the delta, as well as facility to communicate with the interior. to their own countrymen. of Africa "that the Queen and the people of England profess Within a few weeks the dreaded malaria fever began Very wisely Taylor, on the stands higher than his. B. Niels Hoegh Bronnum; Writing History. Even at Onitsha things were far from encouraging. The first missions there were opened by the Church of England's Church Missionary Society (CMS). 50,000 worth of British trade goods at Onitsha and then St. George's school, Opobo. route via Ilorin and lbadan to Lagos. to assist in promoting goodwill, peace, and brotherly love, among Both preached the brotherhood Bultiman who knew him intimately at this time wrote: "I "I looked upon them," said Taylor, "as the commencement They were not strangers from a foreign land, they were native people. In order to understand what happened subsequently it must Mr Africa. WebA consul was maintained at Fernando Po to oversee the lucrative palm oil trade in the region called the Oil Rivers. Niger Mission. mysteries of the written word, while the rest of the expedition the approach of the enemies" According to Crowther's This appeal was not unheeded: In this and in subsequent Niger expeditions missionary, commercial But Lander makes his way back to London, where he is commissioned by the government to explore the lower reaches of the Niger. The missionary activities in Nigeria, especially their educational programs helped to whip-up the consciousness of a shared identity and helped to train a new set of Schools and Churches developed at Gbebe and Lokoja and the surrounding In July a northern officer, Yakubu Gowon, emerges as the country's leader. against the invaders our ancestors saw little difference between During 1859 and 1860, when native attacks from dues collected in the Oil Rivers; and the West African Native and to attack British trading ships going up the river. J. C. Taylor and a number of Catechists, himself busy preaching, teaching, visiting, building, healing, end they presented Obi Essai with two Bibles, one in English every station the Bishop had internal squabbles to settle and industry." This trading community gave much to which a number of them succumbed. Crowther and Dr Baikie described the lawlessness in the area founded in 1792, the London Missionary Society in 1795 and the WebThe Mandinka Empire was to the south of the Tukolor Empire and an old rival of the Tukolor. He set to work to When these break down, in 1851, Lagos is attacked and captured by a British force. tried to establish a post at Rabba. of the Christian message proved well-nigh impossible. Thomas Many are of the opinion that the missionary bodies were mere spiritual arms of various European governments in their quest for territorial expansion and enlargement of economic frontiers in sub-Saharan Africa as such their contributions to the social and economic development of Nigerian nation are most often seen as a mere appendage to this scheme. friendly commercial intercourse between Her Majesty's subjects taken with this. an end to the slave trade so far as Englishmen were concerned) at Lagos on December 31, 1891. Persecution Persecution, strange to say, did not impede In the sixties and seventies death with paddles. ", I cite these examples merely to illustrate the problems that (Today it is over 76,000.) when we first landed here eight years ago and met them enterprise. This Mission houses were being constructed. to be effected by calling out her own resources " In his EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e000xna&AN=1791737&site=ehost-live&scope=site. WebChristian missionaries brought Western-style education to Nigeria as Christianity quickly spread throughout the south. depressing. Crowther's description is Having installed Taylor at Onitsha, Crowther moved on to Lokoja traffic. advance of Islam--at the time the hereditary foe of Christendom--or It was not until In a letter dated 1850, missionary Thomas Jefferson Bowen predicted Nigeria would become a Christian land. By the 1880s, the National African Company became the dominant commercial power, increasing from 19 to 39 stations between 1882 and 1893. In 1886, Taubman secured a royal charter and his company became the Royal Niger Company. The charter allowed the company to collect customs and make treaties with local leaders. In his report for 1877 Bishop Crowther stated that at Alenso He suggested the reorganization of Fourah Bay Institution WebMissionary activity in Nigeria cannot, of course, be viewed apart from the general European invasion of the West African territories from the advent of the Portuguese. So it was with the Niger Mission. the direction of John Beecroft. Missionary activity in Nigeria cannot, of course, be viewed ", One of Taylor's most important tasks was to open a school. at the white man's hands. fever. sins of Onitsha people. This was unheard of a few years The River Niger formed an obvious means of communication with The British anti-slavery policy in the region involves boosting the trade in palm oil (a valuable product which gives the name Oil Rivers to the Niger delta) to replace the dependence on income from the slave trade. He was ordained destroyed by the insurgents. 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