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Christianity had been introduced at Benin in …
Years: 1876 - 1887
Christianity had been introduced at Benin in the fifteenth century by Portuguese Roman Catholic priests who accompanied traders and officials to the West African coast.
Several churches had been built to serve the Portuguese community and a small number of African converts.
When direct Portuguese contacts in the region were withdrawn, however, the influence of the Catholic missionaries waned and by the eighteenth century had disappeared.
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- Igbo people
- Hausa Kingdoms, the
- Hausa people
- Yoruba people
- Ijaw people
- Kano (Hausa city state)
- Katsina (Hausa city state)
- Gobir (Hausa city state)
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Benin Empire
- Ibibio people
- Bonny, Ijo city-state of
- Oyo Empire
- Calabar, Efik state of
- Khasso, Fulani Jihad State
- Aro Confederacy
- Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)
- Fulani Empire
- Nupe, Emirate of the
- Sokoto, Kingdom of
- Gwandu Emirate
- Zaria, Emirate of
- Oyo, Yoruba Kingdom of
- France (French republic); the Third Republic
- German Empire (“Second Reich”)
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Years: 1876 - 1887
Locations
Groups
- Igbo people
- Hausa Kingdoms, the
- Hausa people
- Yoruba people
- Ijaw people
- Kano (Hausa city state)
- Katsina (Hausa city state)
- Gobir (Hausa city state)
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Benin Empire
- Ibibio people
- Bonny, Ijo city-state of
- Oyo Empire
- Calabar, Efik state of
- Khasso, Fulani Jihad State
- Aro Confederacy
- Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)
- Fulani Empire
- Nupe, Emirate of the
- Sokoto, Kingdom of
- Gwandu Emirate
- Zaria, Emirate of
- Oyo, Yoruba Kingdom of
- France (French republic); the Third Republic
- German Empire (“Second Reich”)
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Subjects
Regions
Subregions