Successes and Failures of Missionaries

Anglican Cathedral near the Zimbabwean Parliament

• Missionaries taught people how to read and write
• They facilitated the colonization of Zimbabwe
• They encouraged trade between foreigners and locals
• Established schools and mission stations
• They introduced western education
• They translated, printed and distributed siNdebele and Shona grammar books
• However they failed to convert the locals to their religions
• They also could not stop some local religion and customs

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