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EDITORIAL The articles in this issue examine historical encounters between a diverse range of Christian missionaries and West African communities. These works draw on archival materials from the mid-nineteenth century through the early twentieth century to address Catholic and Protestant mission activities in di V erent regions of Ghana, and CMS engagements with Yoruba communities in Nigeria. The implications of Christian val- ues and practices for constructions of gender are of particular signi cance to three of the four papers; and all of the authors explore the com- plex contradictions of what Birgit Meyer identi es as a ‘cultural poli- tics’ embedded in these encounters, and their consequences for West African history and culture. In recent decades, critical investigation of missionization has certainly been one of the most innovative elds in the anthropology and history of religion, and perhaps especially of African religious life. Each of these essays o V ers a careful consideration of the re exive character of mis- sionary practices, showing how colonial (and proto-colonial) relations between missionaries and convert communities shaped an ongoing con- versation. Birgit Meyer’s contribution o V ers a fascinating discussion of Norddeutsche Missionsgesellschaft (NMG) practices in Ewe communi- ties
Journal of Religion in Africa – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2002
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