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First Published in 1979. This is a collection of twelve lectures, essays and articles with the aim of revealing some of the too many aspects of the African past yet to be explored or sufficiently developed. Another aim was to attempt new perspectives and interpretations of the more familiar aspects. The themes—exploration, Western-style education, the reaction of Africans to the activities of... Read more
1 African Exploration and Human Understanding 2 Dr Heinrich Barth as a Diplomatist and Philanthropist 3 Traditional Rulers and Missionaries in Pre-Colonial West Africa 4 The Coming of Western Education to Africa 5 A Visionary of the African Church: M?j?la Agbebi (1860–1917) 6 James Johnson: Pioneer Educationist in West Africa 7 James Africanus Beale Horton, 1835–83: Prophet of Modernization in West Africa 8 Edward Wilmot Blyden, 1832–1912: The Myth and the Man 9 An African Church: A Legitimate Branch of the Church Universal 10 Writing African Church History 11 Mission in the Context of Religions and Secularization: An African Viewpoint 12 African Studies and Nation-Building
Biography
E. A. Ayandele Professor of History and Vice-Chancellor, University of Calabar.
