Question

What has been the lasting effect of the religious missionaries in africa

Answer 1

The lasting effect of religious missionaries in Africa is that they spread Christianity. They established hospitals, clinics and offered modern medicine. They introduced European system of management and styles of dress. The Missionaries opened schools. Also training colleges too. They paved the way for the improvement of agriculture through establishing farms where new crops and better methods of farming and equipment were introduced. Furthermore, the missionaries fought slave trade. They also destroyed local industries like craft industries which were replaced with European products. Moreover, some African religions were lost to Christianity.