Igbo culture and the Christian missions, 1857-1957 conversion in theory and practice / [electronic resource] :
Augustine S.O. Okwu.
- Lanham : University Press of America, c2010.
- 1 online resource (x, 336 p.) : maps.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-328) and index.
Igboland and the origin of the Igbo -- Immediate post-slave trade period 1808-1849 -- Foreign pioneers in Igboland 1800-1886 -- Attack on Igbo culture 1885-1899 -- Missionaries and chapel-school apostolacy -- Catechist-teachers and evangelization -- Sisters, women-education and social services -- Spiritans' crisis -- Owerri Diocese and secondary school apostolacy 1948.