WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The expansion of the missionary movement into Africa was part of the growing conception of Christian responsibility for the regeneration of African peoples. The anti-slavery issue and the humanitarian conscience also played a vital role in stimulating European interest in Africa and gave an impetus to mission work.

Detailed explanation-2: -The desire of the missionaries was that the Africans abandon their religion and culture and adopt western religion and culture, which they hoped would facilitate the extension of colonialism. The motive was, therefore, to prepare the Africans mentally for the takeover by colonizers (Magorian 1964:17).

Detailed explanation-3: -European missionaries wanted to spread Christianity and teach it to less educated and wealthy people in Africa as one cause for imperialism-They mainly saw it as their duty to be carried out and it is commonly referred to as “The White Man’s Burden", taken from Rudyard Kipling’s poem.

Detailed explanation-4: -Missionaries inculcated the values of European Civilization in the minds of Africans through formal education. They also used schools as rehabilitation centers for freed slaves (Oliver, 1942). African converts who acquired formal education played an important role in missionary activities in the interior of Kenya.