Explain 5 reasons which led to the formation of independent churches and Schools during the colonial Period

      

Explain 5 reasons which led to the formation of independent churches and Schools during the
colonial Period

  

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gideon
- Africans were unhappy with the westernizing influence of Christian missionaries/Missionaries
- Taught against African customs/African wanted Christianity but still retained
- African perceived mission education as inadequate as it prepared them for low status jobs the
African wanted education that was relevant to African situation. Africans were only taught reading
writing and arithmetic (3Rs)
- There was open discrimination against African in Church leadership.
- There were a reaction against colonial domination and exploitation of African / the Missionaries
were perceived as colonialists
- African initiative were some Africans claimed to have received define calling
- Africans were dissatisfied with the interpretation of the Christian scriptures.
- Africans wanted better education to enable them improve their economic status.
- Forced settlement of Africans overcrowded and unproductive reserves forced them to seek wage
employment in settler farms.
- Africans were forbidden from growing some cash crops and keeping exotic animals to force
them to seek the wage employment in settler farms.
- Establishment of African reserves in remote and underdeveloped areas to deprive them of
market for their produce.
- Introduction of payment of taxes cash forced African to seek employment
- The northey circulars of 1918 and 1919 requires all chiefs to supply a number of labour recruit
for settler farms and government projects.
- The government offered credit facilities to settlers to develop farming
- Establishment of agro-based industries created ready market for their produce.
- The government encouraged settlers to form cooperatives for effective marketing for their
produce.
gideon1 answered the question on October 6, 2017 at 09:46


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