THE ADVENT OF CHRISTIANITY IN OBOWU LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA AND ITS IMPLICATIONS (1910-2010)

📄 Project Abstract

The research was motivated by lack of documentation on missionary incursion in Obowu land. The researcher delved into geographical location, the land people and meaning of Obowu. The researcher reviewed literature on the incursion of the various denominational groups in Obowu land. The impacts of colonialism were understood through the review of Archival materials. The researcher consulted materials in the Archives that were the earliest written records on the area and the colonial accounts of anthropology of the people. The research presented precise account of the mythology of origin of the people and their developed systems of beliefs, economic life, festivals and political dynamics prior to the missionary in incursion. The research work projected missions that led the way of evangelization and list of other missions that joined later. The various methods adopted by the missions and their application of liberation theology endured their breakthrough in the contest that raged between...