The West African Methodist Collegiate School, 1911–2021: A Byproduct of Missionary Work in West Africa
Ebook
The West African Methodist Collegiate School 1911-2021 presents an intricate analysis of challenging missionary work in Sierra Leone and West Africa. In meticulous detail, the book revisits an era that spans the slave trade and the manumission of slaves, and examines the ways that missionaries helped to educate former slaves and free men for a viable form of existence. The checkered history of the school chronicles the adversities, courage, and determination of men who dared to preserve an educational institution that was designed to provide religious and secular education. In more elaborate terms, the book reveals how changing circumstances and conditions of the twenty-first century can obscure a nineteenth-century concept when socioeconomic challenges and the vicissitudes of war and epidemics become too overpowering.
“Warburton’s well-researched and clearly written book is a
welcome addition to the small but growing number of works on
missionary and secular schools in Africa. The book is a valuable
contribution to the colonial and post-independence history of
Sierra Leone. The book will appeal to anyone interested in the
history of Christianity in West Africa, the Atlantic slave trade,
and missionary and secular education in the subregion.”
—Alusine Jalloh, Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra
Leone
- Title: The West African Methodist Collegiate School, 1911–2021: A Byproduct of Missionary Work in West Africa
- Author: Christopher E. S. Warburton
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Print Publication Date: 2021
- Logos Release Date: 2022
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781666704389, 9781666704365, 9781666704372, 1666704385, 1666704369, 1666704377
- Resource ID: LLS:9781666704389
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T19:48:22Z
Christopher E. S. Warburton is a full time faculty member of the
Business and Economics Department at Houghton College in New York.
He attended the West African Methodist Collegiate School and Albert
Academy in Freetown before proceeding to obtain a Bachelor of Arts
degree with honors in history from Fourah Bay College, the
University of Sierra Leone. He holds a doctorate in International
Economics from Fordham University after completing dual master’s
degrees in international political economy and development, and
economics. Dr. Warburton has extensively taught economics courses
at various colleges in the United States and has published several
peer-reviewed papers and books on economics. His most recent books
include: The Development of International Monetary Policy
(2018) and Economic Analysis and Law; The Economics of the
Courtroom (2021).