MISSIONARIES IN AFRICA EARLY MISSIONARIES ACTIVIES GREATLY CHALLENGED

EVANGELICAL & STOPING SLAVE TRADE ACTIVITIES IN EAST, WEST,CENTRAL AND SOUTH AFRICA, 19 CENTURY MISSIONS-CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY CMS ,LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY-LMS,HOLY GHOST FATHERS,&UNIVERSITIES MISSION TO CENTRAL AFRICA MANY MISSIONS WERE FROM BRITAIN,FRANCE,GERMANY,AMERICA & HOLLAND

EARLY MISSIONARIES GERMANS –KRAPF &REBMANN-EAST AFRICA T DAVID LIVINGSTON- CENTRAL AFRICA-NDEBELE SPEAK & GRANT SUCESSFUL AREAS- SIERRA LEONE, LIBERIA,CAPE COAST ,BUGANDA, KONGO, CHALLENGED BY ISLAM AT EAST COAST, WEST AFRICA & NORTH AFRICA CHALLENGED BY TRADITIONAL RELIGION & RULERS IN VARIOUS REGIONS &CLIMATE

RESULTS OF MISSIONARY ACTIVITIES 1 POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION EDUCATION – BUILT MANY MISSION SCHOOLS TAUGHT THR 3 RS,HYGINE,&SKILLS 2 HEALTH –BUILT MANY HOSPITALS –Dr MOFFAT WORK IN CENTRAL AFRICA 3-RELIGION –CONVERTED MANY AFRICANS AND TRAINED EARLY CLERGY e.g. BISHOP ADJAI CROWTHER

POSITIVE CONTRIBUTIONS 4 POLITICAL- PROTECTED AFRICAN INTEREST,REPRESENTED AFRICANS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL e.g. ARCH DECON OWEN IN KENYA 5 HELPED STOP BAD CULTURES & STOPPING OF SLAVE TRADE 6 ECONOMICS – HELPED TO TRAIN IN SKILLS, eg CAPENTRY, GOOD ANIMAL HUSBANDRY,AGRICULTURE –NEW CROPS

NEGATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS 1 AFRICANS VIEWED AS BARBARIC&INFERIOR 2 CONVERSION TO FAITH-CONDITIONAL 3 DESTRUCTION OF AFRICAN CULTURE & LOSE OF LAND TO BUILD MISSION CENTERS 4 DIVISION AMONG THE AFRICANS ALONG VARIOUS DENOMINATIONS e.g. RELIGIOUS WARS IN BUGANDA BET WA-FARANZA= FRENCH CATHOLICS& WA-INGELEZA =BRITISH PROTESTANTS & POLITICAL ACTIVITIES