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The Lucy Memorial Freed Slaves' Home - The Sudan United Mission and The British Colonial Government in Partnership (Paperback)
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The Lucy Memorial Freed Slaves' Home - The Sudan United Mission and The British Colonial Government in Partnership (Paperback)
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Fieldwork has been combined with archival research conducted in the
United Kingdom, the United States, and Nigeria to explicate the
manner in which the Sudan United Mission strove to create a
Christian Northern Nigerian identity in order to combat a Muslim
Hausa identity. To accomplish this transformation, the missionaries
created a home for freed Nigerian slaves; it was named after Lucy
Guinness Kumm, one of its founders. The story of the home and its
use takes place in the midst of Lord Lugard's colonial ideal of
indirect rule and the working misunderstanding in which local
rulers presumably conducted local affairs in an independent manner
free from direction from the colonial government. The reality was
much different and each of the participants chose to
'misunderstand' the actions, motives, and histories of the others.
These included indigenous Muslim rulers, so-called 'pagans,'
colonial officials, and missionaries. In the midst of numerous
intrigues, the Sudan United Mission took care of over 200 freed
slave children and initiated significant educational reforms. The
depiction of a plural society and its expatriates is a major
contribution. The book has value for studies in education, colonial
history, and cultural anthropology.
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