The Christian Missions and Western Education in Ilorin, Nigeria: A Century of Resistance and Challenge, 1847-1957.

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dc.contributor.authorEliasu Yahaya
dc.date.accessioned2026-05-14T09:06:56Z
dc.date.available2026-05-14T09:06:56Z
dc.date.issued2001-04
dc.description.abstractThis paper surveys the introduction of Western education by the Christian missions in Ilorin township, Nigeria and the nature of resistance they initially faced. This aspect of Nigerian history has often been neglected in previous research. This study examines why there was initial resistance to missionary education and how after a strenuous effort, it became possible to establish such schools in Nigeria. The intensification of humanitarian concerns at the end of the slave opened up West Africa to active missionary work. Thus, by the 1840s various missionary denominations had penetrated the Yorubaland and challenged the old order with the introduction of new ideas and ways of life. Indeed, the coming of the various Christian mission into Nigeria has been well documented. According to the records, the first missionaries to arrive on the scene were the Wesleyan Methodist who settle at Badagry in 1842. They were followed immediately by the Church Missionary Society (CMS) in December 1842, the American Baptist Mission in 1853 and Roman Catholic Mission (RCM) in the 1860s.
dc.identifier.citationEliasu, Y. (2001): The Christian Missions and Western Education in Ilorin, Nigeria: A Century of Resistance and Challenge, 1847-1957. In Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, 21(1) 149-154, Published by: Carfax Publishing, Taylor & Francis Group.
dc.identifier.issn1360-2004
dc.identifier.urihttps://kwasuspace.kwasu.edu.ng/handle/123456789/7092
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherCarfax Publishing, Taylor & Francis Group
dc.relation.ispartofseries21; 1
dc.titleThe Christian Missions and Western Education in Ilorin, Nigeria: A Century of Resistance and Challenge, 1847-1957.
dc.typeArticle
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