I really cannot make Africa my home: West Indian missionaries as 'outsiders' in the Church Missionary Society civilizing mission to Southern Nigeria, 1898-1925

Journal of African History

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 221-236

  Wariboko, Waibinte E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Christianity; Diaspora; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; COLONIALISM; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; RACIAL DISPARITY; RACIAL IDENTITY; SOCIAL STATUS;

AFRICA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 3543049568     PISSN: 00218537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021853703008685     Document Type: Article

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