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African American Missionaries Benefits

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The idea of Christianity was pushed onto Africans and even to the present day we still see the ideas that the missionaries brought. They also brought many new things into the land which was to the benefit of Africa. Western medicine was brought into the continent which was a huge deal for Africans because now they could be cured of diseases that normally doomed people to death. Schools were also built by missionaries and many African leaders were either educated at this school or by missionaries personally. Missionaries saw that Africans needed education so they would be able to read and better understand the word of God. So, anything the missionaries did always benefited them in some way. They teach Africans how to read and in return they get people who will accept Christianity as a religion because they can now read the bible and understand what they are reading. These were material benefits but the reception of these benefits was conditional. Missionaries from various countries like Germany, France, Portugal and Britain went to Africa with the goal of converting the people of Africa over to …show more content…

Two missionaries by the names of David Livingstone and Fabri believed that European powers would eventually colonize Africa and then the indigenous people would be more willing to accept the ideas brought in by the missionaries. The African society were depicted as uncivilized, savage people and the missionaries did all they could to change that. All ideologies that were born in Africa were treated as negative influences on African societies by missionaries and the indigenous people were encouraged to forget all they have learnt and not live by the norms that were created on the continent. African were encouraged to get jobs that rewarded a person with a paycheck because according to missionaries it would be the only way they would be able to achieve salvation one

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