Rev. John Christopher Taylor occupies a unique place in Nigerian Christian and cultural history. Often called the “Apostle of Igboland,” Taylor played a major role in bringing Christianity and Western-style…
Igbo and English. Dmitri van den Bersselaar (1997) "Creating 'Union Ibo': Missionaries and the Igbo Language"
The Igbo language, despite being one of the major languages of Nigeria, has faced significant…
Pole Vaulting, Abiriba School, today's Abia State, ca. 1930-1940. USC Digital Library.
Education in colonial Nigeria was largely controlled by Christian missionaries who used it as a tool for religious conversion…
