Igbo culture and the Christian missions, 1857-1957 : conversion in theory and practice - Okwu, Augustine Senan Ogunyeremuba (Lanham : University Press of America, 2010)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-328) and index.
Keywords: Igbo (African people) -- Missions -- History; Catholic Church -- Missions -- Nigeria -- History; Nigeria -- Church history; Catholic Church; Igbo (African people) -- Missions; Missions; Nigeria; Church history; History