October 2015

Attitudes of Christian missionaries towards African traditional religious beliefs in East Africa during the British colonial rule

This article focuses on the religious encounter between European Christian Missionaries and the African traditional religious beliefs in East Africa. The area of study is Buganda in Uganda. The scope of the study is 1877-when Christianity was first introduced in Uganda to 1962 when Uganda got her independence; the period when Christian missionaries lost influence together with the colonial rulers. Using the qualitative...

Author(s): Tugume Lubowa Hassan