1995
DOI: 10.2307/1581862
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'Evangelization Where It Is Not Wanted': Colonial Administrators and Missionaries in Northern Nigeria during the First Third of the Twentieth Century

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“…There were various attempts to establish mission stations in Northern Nigeria between 1855 and 1900, which were met with varying degrees of success (Ajayi, 1965, p.97 Furthermore, missionary activity in Northern Nigeria was significantly restricted by the policy prohibiting missionary activity from most parts of Northern Nigeria under the control of the Emirs (Ayandele, 1966, Chapter 4); (Barnes, 1995). 13 The colonial government's attitude towards missionary activity in the North is perhaps best illustrated by the statement below:…”
Section: Missionary Activity In the North: Legacy Of Indirect Rulementioning
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“…There were various attempts to establish mission stations in Northern Nigeria between 1855 and 1900, which were met with varying degrees of success (Ajayi, 1965, p.97 Furthermore, missionary activity in Northern Nigeria was significantly restricted by the policy prohibiting missionary activity from most parts of Northern Nigeria under the control of the Emirs (Ayandele, 1966, Chapter 4); (Barnes, 1995). 13 The colonial government's attitude towards missionary activity in the North is perhaps best illustrated by the statement below:…”
Section: Missionary Activity In the North: Legacy Of Indirect Rulementioning
confidence: 99%
“…As Lord Salibury said in an address to the Wesleyan Missionary Society in 1900, "You will not convert them...and the danger of creating great perils and producing great convulsions, and it may be bloodshed..., is a danger you must bear in mind" (as quoted in (Ayandele, 1966, p.137)). This was a conflict the colonial government wanted to avoid as much as possible, as they believed that allowing missionary activity in a region dominated by Islam would be tantamount to preaching at gunpoint (Barnes, 1995). The administration also believed that the effect of Islam on Northern peoples has been positive, and was best suited to Africans as a "religion of the tropics" (Sundkler and Steed, 2000, p.256).…”
Section: Missionary Activity In the North: Legacy Of Indirect Rulementioning
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