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((CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY))



   <Nigeria was lucky to be one of the African Country that was explore during the time the European came to Africa. The mission of the Missionaries to Africa was to tell the African the real way of life. Africans was like the creation where Adam live. Most African Country was without cloth, eat them selves like animals, with no language of communication to one and other and can not do thing in advancement all to it was worshiper of Idol The European sure they way of life and decided to help the Africans to show them the light of the day.

MARY SLESSOR, was one of the volunteer to come to Africa for a mission work.

Mary Slessor in Calabar, why she is the Hero of Africa as a woman. Willing to go alone to a place that was not human friendly and decided to change things not minding what she face.

BIOGRAPHY: (From Research) Mary Slessor was born in Aberdeen. Her father, Robert Slessor, belong to Buchan, and was a Shoemaker. Her mother who came from old Meldrum, was an only child and had been brought in a home of refinement and that was piety.

Her family was Christian family, her mother dedicated so much to God, but her father drinks so much so because of that was not able to get a good job. This cause her family to suffer because they was no much money coming, to take care of the 6 other children. So that make Mary start looking for job at the age of 11 years working for a factory. She still Create time for God. Until she entered the mission field. And she start night schools.

Her Desire: In 1874 the news of the death of David Livingstone. And they call for workers for the continent thrilled many a heart. And she want to go for a mission. She developed interest and join the local mission teaching the poor. She almost mob by boys but she successfully stayed till the boys attend the schools. She love children. She go to Africa as a Missionary

Mission to Africa August 1876 she board a ship to Africa and she arrived Calabar in 1896. The Duke Town missionaries have had some success in the coastal regions. They have buld a school, hospital, orphanage, and chapel at the station. Through their teaching and preaching they practices. They villages leaders are beginning to realize what they call “God's Law” teaching from the Bible make sense. On Sunday there are several hundred natives in services. And she stop the tradition of killing of twins that was put down buy the people of the land believing that any body who gave birth to twins was to be idol. She face hardship and problems by the people even sick but God help her with our mission, she got pregnant when she was held buy the village people. The mission take the baby and she decide to stay till her dead and was buried in Calabar.> (WALEWIKIp (talk) 11:17, 10 November 2019 (UTC))