EKECHI CHRISTIAN missionary attempts to convert the Igbos to Christianity began in 1857. Unfortunately, slavery prospered, Slavery is prospering in Libya and the Middle East, colonialism prospered, neocolonial encirclement is prospering, misgovernance is prospering, even the clergy are prospering at the expense of the people. I will speak about Sub Saharan Africa and more particularly Southern Africa. Yes it did but not in Sub Saharan Africa. COLONIALISM AND CHRISTIANITY IN WEST AFRICA: THE IGBO CASE, 1900-19151 BY F.K. Indigenous African religions are by nature plural, varied, and usually informed by one’s ethnic identity, where one's family came from in Africa. The history of Christianity in Africa probably began during the earthly ministry of Jesus Christ, two thousand years ago. But until the turn of the century the number of Christian converts was not very … JO: Indigenous African religions refer to the indigenous or native religious beliefs of the African people before the Christian and Islamic colonization of Africa. Example 1: The Kipande The barbarism of colonialism in Africa was committed in the name of Christianity, in clear violation of the teachings of Jesus Christ, Moses and the prophets, Muhammad, and founders of other great religions – all of whom pushed for just and equitable treatment of all of God’s children. But long before colonialism and slavery, Africans were practicing Christianity. One historical fact that is widely held by church historians is that Christianity started well before the era of colonialism. Its connection with the political history of early days, the difficulties, it successfully surpassed and the assistance it rendered to the colonial government at the time of the rebellions are too well known to need recapitulation. “The CMS was the first in the field …. The New Testament of the Bible mentions several events in which Africans were witnesses to the life of Christ and the ministry of the apostles. I will illustrate this by setting out the case of Pre-Colonial Botswana or Bechuanaland as it was called. Christianity tells Africans that no weapon formed against them will prosper.