Samuel Crowther

Samuel Crowther
Author: Jesse Page
Publisher:
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2017-04-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9783744737234

Samuel Crowther - the slave boy who became bishop of the Niger is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1899. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

The Gospel on the banks of the Niger: Journals and Notices of the Native Missionaries Accompanying the Niger Expedition of 1857-1859

The Gospel on the banks of the Niger: Journals and Notices of the Native Missionaries Accompanying the Niger Expedition of 1857-1859
Author: Samuel Crowther
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 474
Release: 2023-04-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3382321319

Reprint of the original, first published in 1859. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

Samuel Ajayi Crowther

Samuel Ajayi Crowther
Author: John Adoga
Publisher:
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2020-04-24
Genre:
ISBN:

This children's book chronicles the life and work of the great Samuel Ajayi-Crowther who escaped a life of slavery to become Nigeria's first Bishop in the 1800s.Brought to life with beautiful graphics and a well-crafted story, this historical tale of bravery, dedication and destiny will inspire both kids and adults. This volume is part of the Nigeria History & Heritage Children's Books Series by +234Express®

Christian Missionary Engagement in Central Nigeria, 1857–1891

Christian Missionary Engagement in Central Nigeria, 1857–1891
Author: Femi J. Kolapo
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2019-11-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 303031426X

In the decades before colonial partition in Africa, the Church Missionary Society embarked on the first serious effort to evangelize in an independent Muslim state. Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther led an all-African field staff to convert the people of the Upper Niger and Confluence area, whose communities were threatened or already conquered by an expanding jihadist Nupe state. In this book, Femi J. Kolapo examines the significance of the mission as an African—rather than European—undertaking, assessing its impact on missionary practice, local engagement, and Christian conversion prospects. By offering a fuller history of this overlooked mission in the history of Christianity in Nigeria, this book reaffirms indigenous agency and rethinks the mission as an experiment ahead of its time.

Beyond the Trial

Beyond the Trial
Author: Chigozie Anuli Mbadugha
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 139
Release: 2015-02-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1504935047

Beyond the Trial is a collection of three fictional stories: Erased Reproach, Rude Awakening, and Shadows from the Past. It tells the story of three African women who faced several challenges in their livesunwanted pregnancy, early widowhood, domestic abuse, and rejection. They chose to turn their setbacks into stepping stones and their trials into testimonies. They exhibited strength of character, resilience, and a determination to succeed in spite of all the odds they faced. It is a must-read for teenagers, young adults, teachers, parents, and grandparents. It is highly educative and entertaining with crucial moral values highlighted. Join Funke, Nkechi, and Ada as they wade through their individual trials to find love, reconciliation, forgiveness, restoration, and lasting peace. There should be a copy in every home! It is an ideal gift item for youths.

A Patriot to the Core

A Patriot to the Core
Author: J. F. Ade Ajayi
Publisher:
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2001
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

An exposition of the life and career of a slave boy who rose to become the first black Anglican bishop. Bishop Crowther was a committed patriot who argued than an indigenous econmoy must underscore African evangelisation. He also made significant contributions to the study of the Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa and Ijo languages; translated the bible into Yoruba; and travelled up the Niger in 1841, writing extensively about the peoples and cultures of the Niger and Benue valleys. The author, Ade-Ajayi, is one of Africa's leading historians, and Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Ibadan. His book is not intended to be a definitive biography of Crowther, but nevertheless, embodies the author's thinking about this figure, and several decades research. It brings together lectures and seminar papers, and the author's earlier edition of Crowther's own story, and so probably remains the most important study of the bishop to-date.

The Yoruba from Prehistory to the Present

The Yoruba from Prehistory to the Present
Author: Aribidesi Usman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 519
Release: 2019-07-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107064600

A rich and accessible account of Yoruba history, society and culture from the pre-colonial period to the present.

Formation

Formation
Author: Fola Fagbule
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2021-05-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781913175092

Formation tracks the unlikely series of events and characters that led to the creation of the modern Nigerian nation: from 1804 when the first Jihadists began their attack on a collection of independent nations to 1914 when the current shape of Nigeria was completed as a British colony through amalgamation. Formation sheds light on an increasingly forgotten and largely mythologised period of Nigeria's history; revealing an incredibly complicated portrait of a nation with a tangled history, where violence was and remains a primary organising principle for elite competition and political negotiations. Influential figures loom large over the narrative including: Usman dan Fodio, Modibbo Adama, Fred Lugard, Samuel Ajayi-Crowther, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Flora Shaw, Joseph Chamberlain alongside other well-known and many less familiar names.

Religion, History, and Politics in Nigeria

Religion, History, and Politics in Nigeria
Author: Chima Jacob Korieh
Publisher: University Press of America
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2005
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780761831402

Religion, History, and Politics in Nigeria is concerned with the problematic nature of religion and politics in Nigerian history. The book provides a lively and straightforward treatment of the relationship among religion, politics, and history in Nigeria, and how it affects public life today. By adopting various cultural, historical, political, and sociological perspectives, the text's contributors provide an excellent introduction to the volatile mix of religion and politics in Nigerian history, as well as a range of strategic choices open to religious adherents. The complexity of the relationship among religion, history, and politics is organized around four themes: indigenous values and the influence of Islam and Christianity, colonialism and religious transformation, the religious landscape of the post-colonial period, and the rise of evangelism and fundamentalism. The volume provides an insightful guide to contemporary history, contemporary religion, and contemporary politics, enabling the reader to reach informed and balanced judgments about the role in religion in Nigerian history and politics. This opens the door for serious examination and debate, and will be excellent for use by the general reader and in political science, history, and religion courses.