missionaries

Robert Moffat. Image credit MediaWiki ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Missionaries: Missionaries who worked for the London Missionary Society

The following missionaries who worked for the London Missionary Society ( Now part of the Council for World Mission) operated in Zimbabwe:

• Robert Moffat
• John Smith Moffat
• Charles Helm
• William Sykes
• David […]
  

Robbert Moffat and Khama from a book by Bishop Knight Bruce. Image credit Memories of Mashonaland ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Missionaries: Missionaries who worked in Mashonaland between 1850 and 1900

The purpose of the dates is to exclude early Portuguese Missionaries […]

Chishawasha Mission circa 1891

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Missionaries in Zimbabwe:The Role Played by Missionaries in Colonization of Zimbabwe

• They actively supported European political control
• They played a big role in convincing local chief to sign treaties
• In treaty negotiations, missionaries cheated African chiefs
• They provided Africans with a false sense […]
  

Anglican Cathedral near the Zimbabwean Parliament

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Missionaries in Zimbabwe:Successes and Failures of Missionaries

• 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 […]
  

Robert Moffat. Image credit MediaWiki ZIMSEC O Level History Notes:The Missionaries:The aims of missionaries in Zimbabwe

The missionaries who came to Zimbabwe had several aims

These included:

• The main aim of spreading Christianity.
• To promote legitimate trade between Europeans and Africans.
• To campaign against slave trade and slavery in general.
• To […]