PREPARING MINDSETS FOR A HIGHER TRUTH: CHRISTIAN MISSION IN AFRIKA

PREPARING MINDSETS FOR A HIGHER TRUTH: CHRISTIAN MISSION IN AFRIKA:   THE CHRISTIAN MISSION IN AFRICA. By Edwin W Smith. (International Missionary Council. 3s. 6d.) “To
win a people for Christ, it is necessary to Europeanize them. Behind
all systems of administration lies the fundamental question of what we
intend to make of the African.  

 

This question has, whether in explicit terms or not, been answered in several ways…

One possible and largely practiced policy, is that of oppression, which keeps the Native [African] in a

subjected and inferior position, (Keep him in his own place) as a mere serf [slave] of the dominate race”.