Sports in colonial schools

Missionary Education and Cultural Transformation in Nigeria: The Case of Abiriba Schools

Education in colonial Nigeria was largely controlled by Christian missionaries who used it as a tool for religious conversion and cultural transformation. In Abiriba, a prominent Igbo town in today’s Abia State, mission schools became central to this process. The image of pole vaulting at an Abiriba school (ca. 1930–1940) offers a glimpse into the…