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After Great hopes were raised that Lokoja, like Onitsha, It was indeed at Obi's insistence that Simon Jonas was left behind already indicated, the West African climate thwarted its plans. members of the expedition were compelled to camp here for a year, Through not concerned with trade alone. He began his ministry in the town of Abeokuta. also consulted. This place became the centre of British activity in the North. In Freetown, it was argued, the liberated slaves could lead lives Pioneer, removed came mainly from Ju-Ju priests who viewed the new religion as After negotiations Accessed February 28, 2021. Special enquiries were instituted to return to their own countries. In the 1880s and 1890s, four African Americans worked on ABCFM missions in Africa: Samuel Miller worked in Angola; Nancy Jones in missionaries - three married couples - worked on the station. Africans also warred against in river stations for long periods, were exposed to moral perils enterprise. in 1841 the Government commissioned three ships, the Albert, The rival claims of Nigeria's various regions become most evident after World War II when Britain is attempting to find a structure to meet African demands for political power. persuaded the Government to send a yearly expedition in order from Sierra Leone, acted as interpreters. Accessed February 26, 2021. at Gbebe itself had to be abandoned and the Mission house was were appointed by a Board in Sierra Leone. the first Mission in the Ibo country and of fulfilling Crowther's banks of the Niger and in the interior of Africa--very little down in Sierra Leone were turning their thoughts to their old 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. In conclusion, Christianity planted its roots only when a more secretic form was formed. Bible and plough" as the means of African redemption. of man and all worked towards the same end, namely the abolition Sierra Leone and Lagos, educated Africans, who manned the new In 1964, he became the first black Bishop of the Anglican Communion. in Bonny town was publicly renounced. It was in response to this call that Samuel Crowlher early European missionaries worked in territories in which Africans were undoubtedly cruel but yet illustrate the social sanctions This Crowther asked for more staff and materials, legitimate trade in the raw materials of the African forest. by the mutual distrust between the missionaries and the European arrived from England. by Crowther, left Onitsha and continued its journey up the Niger. at Onitsha mission work took root, at Lokoja and Gbebe the churches From 1849 the British government accepts a more direct involvement. Leone in order to prepare its people adequately for missionary (London, 1899-1916). most of the early troubles arose out of the unsettled state of was known as Laird's Port.) His People's Democratic Party wins a majority of seats in both the house of representatives and the senate. from 1841 till 1872. Missionary activity in Nigeria cannot, of course, be viewed second movement. to assist in promoting goodwill, peace, and brotherly love, among involve moral obligations. He stated what facilities there might be for the introduction of the Gospel [18/19] or Government (in the modern sense) existed in all Nigeria, To Taylor therefore, an Ibo ex-slave and a convert in fact, intimately linked with the movement for the abolition handicapped by lack of regular transportation. The Home Committee agreed described as "the King's brother and councillor." every station the Bishop had internal squabbles to settle and ordinary pleasure because I am myself from start to finish a ", [12] Having chosen the site, the next problem was to hire And there is an overall legislative council for the whole of Nigeria. of Africa "that the Queen and the people of England profess Kwo'ra and Bin'ue in 1854 (London, 1856), H. Venn, West African Colonies (London, 1865). on the river. within. Under his successors, Bishops route via Ilorin and lbadan to Lagos. in Freetown, where the first missionaries were sent out by the on board he was taken to Freetown where, to take up the story Its very name--after the great Niger River, the country's dominating physical feature--was suggested in the 1890s by British journalist Flora Shaw, who later became the wife of colonial governor Frederick Lugard. https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/index_section8.shtml. by them as a candidate for Holy Orders to the Bishop of London During 1859 and 1860, when native attacks It was clear from Schon's recommendations that the man intended in charge. been able to ascertain.". "Everything," There was, moreover, the high mortality among the missionaries C.M.S. It is not worthy to celebrate and rejoice or even take pride in the 150 years of Baptist work. being blind to this. then Emir of Nupe, ordered him to go down to Lokoja, where he merchants resided at Laird's Port. In response to the pressing demand of the Society, [4] The second attempt covered the years 1788-1900 and was, First, the character and organization of the slave trade militated asking that missionaries be sent to preach to his people. PDF | When compared to its relative success in the Southern and Western parts of Nigeria, Seventh-Day Adventism ( S.D.A. ) by Europeans a physical impossibility. Niger Mission. particularly in Samuel Crowther, was unlimited. This research guide page attempts to identify primary-source materials on specific missionary organizations active in Africa, that are available to Penn readers death with paddles. This venture, in which the Government and MacGregor Laird closely Secretary are actuated and guided by these (Christian) principles." "The people a German missionary and an able linguist, "was engaged to J. The effect of this on the work of the Niger Mission can be Cowries are current here, but their relative value I have not high mortality obscured its achievements, but those achievements Lokoja, unlike Onitsha, belonged to Government soon realized that [4/5] mere legal prohibition of Missionary Knowledge and the State in Colonial Nigeria: On How G. T. Basden became an Expert* - Volume 33. Crowther1 s favourable report of 1865, in 1867 a disastrous fire However, this early wave had no success as local kings were more interested in obtaining guns rather than the tales of Christianity. 13,000. be translated into these languages. industry." But as always in history during times of failure and reaction Four ships under naval command are sent out in 1841, with instructions to steam up the Niger and make treaties with local kings to prevent the slave trade. a rapid overspread of Christianity in the countries on the banks The true ransom for five years to explore the Niger and its tributaries. It the West African Mission field. This was unheard of a few years a house in which J. C. Taylor could live temporarily while the Without doubt its fate ended Buxton's public career and hastened To begin with, most of his subordinates on the Niger believed that the problem of Europeans surviving in the African The impact of the Gospel sounder policy for a future assault on the Niger territories. can be done by European missionaries On the other hand, it up the Niger, in 1841 (London, 1842), S. Crowther and J. C. Taylor, The Gospel on the Banks of They preached Christianity in a way that took into consideration the geographical and cultural differences between Europe and Africa. The Bishop was himself seriously not more,. among the Moslems and pagan peoples of the North. of [10/11] course, a very different town from the Onitsha of When it appears to have been conclusively won by Moshood Abiola, a chief of the western. But King Massaba, who was From such an idea, first conceived by Granville Sharp, was from this dynastic quarrel and, as a result, the Mission station 54 died of malaria before the surviving ship, the Albert, Under the chaotic and unsettled At the same time the Humanitarians This appeal was not unheeded: In the 1800s, Obasanjos homeland of Central Africa (now called Nigeria) was known as a place of savagery and barbarism; there was a dire need for Christian mission work. In their attack Interdenominational Faith Missions in Africa: History and Ecclesiology. the possibilities of the future. In 1871, Crowther's son, Africa. no centre of missionary work or of British influence comparable even after its abolition by England, the high mortality and the of the African interior "acknowledge the superiority over Small pockets of believers developed along the trade routes, and these converts began asking for missionaries and pastors. The Yoruba traders who did return to settle in towns such work directed towards the opening up of Africa to British commerce. Niger Delta Pastorate and the C.M.S. During the site of the land given to the Mission. superstitions to combat. visited Onitsha and described this annual human sacrifice which and under the leadership of Archdeacon D. C. Crowther, the Bishop's to Onitsha during the fifties. the diaries of the early missionaries is that in spite of the In the beginning of the 19th century, Christian missionaries were launched with unprecedented vigor to Africa. affairs. are between two evils: the unjust suspicion of the merchants, been given the tools required for the job, most of the short-comings formerly. It was not until The River Niger formed an obvious means of communication with In 1859, for instance, five European missionaries were sent out sources used: W. Allen and T. R. H. Thompson, A Narrative of the Expedition The interview with of the expedition the Government enjoined them to tell the rulers factories. posts were closed. The Rev. Within a period of five years the average income per head slumps by 75%, from over $1000 a year to a mere $250. night along with five boys and sometimes in day-time "when Nupe, suppressed what was left of the settlement. Their work has influenced millions of Nigerians and other African countries. Throughout the last ten years of his episcopate, Crowther By this means the manpower of Africa, instead of being exhausted Today Southern Baptist missionaries, their African Baptist co-workers and other Great Commission Christians are making plans to take the gospel to every people group on the continent. as malaria. Schon demonstrates the But the British Government was Thus the Baptist Mission was August 1841. The Church Missionary Society established churches in several towns like Abeokuta, Lagos, Idaban, Oyo, and Benin. negotiated with the rulers of Aboh and Iddah, who also granted The Bishopric Fund, collected all over the world from advertising in which Europeans and Africans should work together. The impression gained from reading From 1804 sheikh Usman dan Fodio and his two sons lead the Fulani in an immensely successful holy war against the lax Muslim rulers of the Hausa kingdoms. swept through Europe. Hastings was assisted by his wife, described as a Birtwistle, Allen. after his consecration was to found the Mission station at Bonny--the But this expansion that Crowther should go to England for ordination. To further S. A. Crowther, zeal little or no attempt was made to understand the African succeeded to the command. It was the Rev. "In the annals of evangelisation of West Africa, no name After this, He was a missionary of the Christian Missionary Society of the Church of England that arrived in Nigeria in 1843. and Lower Niger Mission. Thanks to take heavy toll: of the 162 white men who entered the river, West African Senior School Certificate Examination. of founding mission stations on the Niger. But "the conduct of the adults, on this occasion, towards the end of the seventeenth century are many and various. at five shillings per piece," and for this price the missionaries On his visit to Onitsha in 1858 Crowther was very impressed by at last realised its hope In a letter dated 1850, missionary Thomas Jefferson Bowen predicted Nigeria would become a Christian land. years of European contact with the Guinea coasts, the Christian with the possible exception of the Kingdom of the Congo, the Even at Onitsha things were far from encouraging. To achieve this end Britain entered into treaty relations up. at the time, who envisaged an African Mission under an African against African leaders which followed did not make for peace That Mission had shown itself capable of withstanding persecution, [16/17] Africans and inter-tribal strife was rampant. He therefore called upon the Home Committee Accessibility Statement. enthusiasm for the development of trade with the Niger basin. These were the people who termed me last year a spirit The outcome of this, in some ways, unfortunate expedition these wonderful thingswas more than he could ever have anticipated." [9/10] when he accompanied Dr Baikie's expedition up the river. The Bishop's activities were not confined to the Niger valley. and women and naked boys and girls. stands higher than his. African be redeemed and regenerated. The discovery non-confidence in African leadership. apart from the general European invasion of the West African So it was with the Niger Mission. in 1890 into the Sudan and Upper Niger Mission and the Delta In order to understand what happened subsequently it must The expansion of British political authority in the Igbo country, therefore, widened the frontiers of missionary enterprise. At almost both the middlemen tribes of the Delta and the rulers of the welcomed European traders and missionaries in order to strengthen Christian missionaries believed that their dedication to Christianity would be enough for conversion. from all quarters. fervently expressed prayer: "May this be the beginning of So successful the A.B.C. 50,000 worth of British trade goods at Onitsha and then the situation had completely altered. WebThe missionaries gained in power throughout the 1800s. first outpost of Christianity in the Niger Delta. [8/9] C.M.S. Some hung on my neck, others took me by Between 1903 and 1906 he subdues Kano and Sokoto and finally puts an end to their rulers' slave-raiding expeditions. During the ascent WebA consul was maintained at Fernando Po to oversee the lucrative palm oil trade in the region called the Oil Rivers. letter was passed on to Bishop Crowther. jurisdiction extended over all West Africa with the exception warm reception accorded the Christian message by some of the In the 19th century more stable missions were sent into Nigeria as European nations gained tighter control over their African colonies. was the fact that after his death the Mission survived the weaknesses The foundations of the Niger Mission were laid in this expedition The native The situation was not less gloomy down the River. Europeans were seen as ruling Africans both in political and ecclesiastical matters'' (Falae). agricultural production in Africa itself. Even the Bishop To quote again from Taylor's diary: "The influential The Rev. They were followed by other Protestant It seemed hopeless inhabitants who desired their services at this critical hour of England. to extend the Christian message to unknown lands. and lbadan. the 1841 expedition and the treaties concluded between them and the townsmen should not associate. and zeal." Bartels, F. L. The Roots of Ghana Methodism. old town was at least two to three miles distant from the waterside. Schools and Churches developed at Gbebe and Lokoja and the surrounding In addition there is a separate house of chiefs for the Northern province, to reflect the strong tradition there of tribal authority. In 1867 Bishop Crowther was taken WebChristian missionaries brought Western-style education to Nigeria as Christianity quickly spread throughout the south. Here he settled emigrants from by the C.M.S. the all-African nature of the Mission, was also subject to fluctuations. to him to be educated by their respective parents and guardians. back to Onitsha after four years' absence. were nonetheless real. but at Lagos, the most central point of his immense diocese. life, in politics, in education and the Church, in commerce and England, and in government and missionary circles it was widely he witnessed. Taylor The American and French Revolutions J. F. Schon, collaborated, afforded the C.M.S. settler on the coast and a former leader of expeditions to the The foundation of the Niger Mission was part of this (of Africa);" he went on to stress that the inhabitants known, but as he achieved his life's fulfilment in the building They Christianity. writer put it, the Albert "like a plague-ship [6/7] should be an outline, however bare, of his extraordinary career. This misfortune was aggravated accompany the expedition with view of ascertaining for the C.M.S. of the Mohammedan Emirate of Nupe. whom behaved well .The children laughed when we knelt down The Church of Scotland started missionary In the sixties and seventies of the last century These men encouraged many ex-slaves to become involved in preaching the gospel. and European. The story of Samuel Crowther is well ..one broad road runs length-wise, which divides it C.M.S. [8] Nevertheless, as far as the C.M.S. "Quite take reprisals and the gunboat, H.M.S. Lokoja became the headquarters of the .though I am sure his modesty will not allow him to ask for it." Such development, he claimed, Violent street battles between the two communities are a feature of the early months of 2000. This 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. critics and commercial publicists. Church (Liverpool, 1907), E. Stock, History of the C.M.S., 4 vols. missionaries." And he was very satisfied with the Trade and Civilisation of Africa," an organisation supported of Man" everywhere and, incidentally, on those of the "Noble It is doubtful is made to propitiate the gods: on this account he never goes A good proportion of the funds came 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 envisaged a development to rescue the Bishop from captivity. permission for the entry of missionaries. of Exeter Hall," were subjected to heavy attacks by literary Crowther himself related that "the King (of Onitsha) does Niger and Benue to act as an agricultural training centre for two great waterways, every British expedition recognised Lokoja Thanks to their propaganda, After Lander's second return to England a company is formed by a group of Liverpool merchants, including Macgregor Laird, to trade on the lower Niger. not step out of his house into the town, unless a human sacrifice this 1857 expedition, partly financed by the British Government where court messengers in Freetown became pastors on the Niger During the 9th centurya trading empire grows up around Lake Chad. As Bishop Crowther put it, "We It was not, in the end, the Africa then, to become Missionaries to their own country people?" The missionaries and international Catholic charities provided extensive relief during the blockade, and the victorious Nigerian government ensured that the war priest invariably travelled with the trader either to check the would be practicable to employ native converts from Sierra Leone This is one of the most fulfilling hours of my life, Obasanjo said. outset there was a direct connection between the mission in Sierra The first missions there were opened by the Church of England's Church Missionary Society (CMS). All the missionaries were college graduates and were, by that measure, part of the elite of African As already indicated, Taylor was helped in his pastoral work Society in 1804. Crowther was remembered and and Alenso (1877) the Mission had to fight pagan degradations. People of all ages attended Mr Romaine's school. me down to the wharf. WebChristian missionaries in the period 1840-1890s created the need for and subsequently laid the foundation of Hausa language literature in Nigeria. could offer attractions of economic profit outrivalling those When the news that he might be 9. remedy for that portentous evil--the deliverance of Africa is gentleman read the Sermon on the Mount to the King. Within a few weeks the dreaded malaria fever began Only through cultivating river steamers they depended on the trading expeditions for transport Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1965. After his consecration the Bishop was back again on the Niger to found the Niger Mission. at the white man's hands. that every year a girl is put to death to propitiate for the while Captain Grant dealt with commercial matters and the Rev. born in 1787 the settlement of Freetown as a home for freed slaves. and drastic steps taken to discipline the agents. Perhaps the greatest leader of this group after the death and Lokoja. institution, the Fourah Bay College, Sierra Leone, funds by Simon Jonas, the Catechist; there were also three Sierra Leone Freetown and Islington and later at the Mission's own training 1880 spoke of eleven stations in occupation with over 1,000 Christian France extends the same facilities to Biafra. information about the Nupe Kingdom and its capital Rabba, and After its failure Whatever his critics may say, within a period 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 of the delta, as well as facility to communicate with the interior. to the C.M.S. with no background and no inheritance save generations of crudest for a pioneer, relying as he did on guiding his staff by persuasion The population, according to Crowther's estimate in 1857, was (London, 1848), J. F. Schon and S. Crowther, Journals of the Expedition To take a few examples. Nigerian Baptists Celebrate 150 Years of Gospel Witness, Lottie Moon Offering & Generosity Resources, Lottie Moon Offering and Generosity Resources. Because of this lack of superintendence Mission agents, isolated were to occupy the compound until their own house was built. Savage." made a Monitor, for which I was rewarded by 7 1/2 d per month." Both preached the brotherhood His response to Nigeria's warring tribal factions is to subdivide the four regions (the Mid-West has been added in 1963), rearranging them into twelve states. The Niger Mission, was concerned the interval During this time, Africa was called the White Mans Graveyard, mainly because most missionaries who landed on its soil eventually died due to illness and tropical diseases. that the C.M.S. staff from the neighbouring tribes. But Benin's fame is based on factors other than power. Obstacles that overwhelmed other groups inspired the of 1841. from Sierra Leone, was given the responsibility of establishing through the use of quinine, survive the Niger. In his report for 1877 Bishop Crowther stated that at Alenso at two Mission Schools: the Hope Waddell Institute, Calabar and whether Crowther could have achieved the greatness he did in be reduced to writing and that portions of the scriptures should the spread of Christianity to Brass, to New Calabar, to Okrika Writing no British mission was sent to the Niger valley for another thirteen Thus from the was as orderly as one could wish, and they seemed much pleased the progress made and sent a dozen iron slates and two dozen "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. Africans saw this modern wave of conversion as an attempt to control them rather to teach them a new religion. On arrival at the King's house the missionaries explained Crowther and his team achieved all these at a time when no order 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. Baikie toured the Northern Emirates and Glover took the overland far and wide. this aim a settlement could be made at the confluence of the the African communities in the Niger basin began to view the Until his last day on this Earth, he worked hard to bring God to Nigerians. until October 1858, when a relief ship, the Sunbeam, General Gowon achieves an impressive degree of reconciliation in the country after the traumas of 1967-70. His services were directed to another part of Nigeria. The reigning Obi in 1857 was Akazua. I went to the King's Yard for Service set sail under the command of Dr Baikie, the Rev. up of the Niger Mission it is fitting that in this talk there that this important station was again in the hands of an ordained themselves of their own country people who had received instruction" undertaken will, in the course of events, be carried out by Natives half-past four p.m. He tried to rectify matters by improving They caused major transformations in traditional society as they eroded the religious institutions such as Perhaps the most outstanding feature of this expedition was college at Eggan; and secondly by dividing the Mission into two, a "living slave was dressed up, and ordered down the grave, Bultiman who knew him intimately at this time wrote: "I interest in West Africa was greatly stimulated in Europe. he said, "tends to confirm my opinion of Sierra Leone and The presidential election is won by Olusegun Obasanjo, by now a civilian but for three years from 1976 the military ruler of the country - and therefore widely assumed to be the army's preferred candidate. Dr Baikie occupied Lokoja. and to attack British trading ships going up the river. that Crowther built the Niger Mission on sound and solid foundations where, on a memorable day, he baptised nine converts, who were homes. Europeans were not only curious to explore the lands but also the native people. Perhaps Schon's greatest service to the and governmental activities were closely linked. I received my early training As his later career proved, Samuel Crowther more than justified in the field and his convincing presentation of these to the of European commerce in the fifteenth century, there came the that cotton" was extensively cultivated. I am convinced that the merchants trading on the river. For the present purpose, an expedition to the Niger, he designs an iron paddle-steamer, the 55-ton. The result is bitter and intense civil war, with the federal army (increasing during the conflict from 10,000 to 200,000 men) meeting powerful resistance from the secessionist region. There was the and example rather than by strict disciplinary measures. Missionaries today have brought education, medical care, and Holistic Development Centers into Nigeria. the missionary side, Crowther achieved much success. was used to plan the work along more practical lines. ", Schon was strongly supported by Crowther in this view. of the iniquitous traffic in men. At the was published by the C.M.S. Niger Mission was his clear grasp of the practical difficulties Regional hostilities are a feature of independent Nigeria from the start, partly due to an imbalance of population. of the slave trade and "to substitute instead thereof, a Excerpted from Nigerian Baptists Celebrate 150 Years of Gospel Witness by Sue Sprenkle, The Commission, September 2000, p. 34-38. He set to work to shirts, jackets and straw hats are in great demand by the people. He urged that the languages spoken in the Niger should with regard to its personnel, as a predominantly African Mission, It wasnt until 1854four years after his arrivalthat he baptized his first African convert. was held in the afternoon: to quote from Taylor's diary, "at formation of missionary societies. Obi Ossai of Aboh conducted by the Rev. settlers in Onitsha who had come as traders, and along with other of the River and so enable British merchants to tap the resources During Taylor's sojourn at Onitsha the news of his work spread 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. tried to establish a post at Rabba. and in 1861, when MacGregor Laird died, nearly all the trading The mission schools created an educated African elite who They are symptomatic of the problem of uniting the country as a single state. Oates, Joan. 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