Okwu, Augustine Senan Ogunyeremuba.

Igbo culture and the Christian missions, 1857-1957 : conversion in theory and practice / Augustine S.O. Okwu. - Lanham : University Press of America, c2010. - x, 336 p. : maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-328) and index.

Igboland and the origin of the Igbo -- Immediate post-slave trade period 1808-1849 -- Foreign pioneers in Igboland 1800-1886 -- Attack on Igbo culture 1885-1899 -- Missionaries and chapel-school apostolacy -- Catechist-teachers and evangelization -- Sisters, women-education and social services -- Spiritans' crisis -- Owerri Diocese and secondary school apostolacy 1948.

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Catholic Church--Missions--History.--Nigeria
Catholic Church.


Igbo (African people)--Missions--History.
Igbo (African people)--Missions.
Missions.


Nigeria--Church history.
Nigeria.


Church history.
History.

BV 3630.I2 / O38 2010