Samuel Johnson (Nigerian historian)
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Biography
Samuel Johnson was born a
Johnson and Charles Phillips, also of the CMS, arranged a ceasefire in 1886 and then a treaty that guaranteed the independence of the Ekiti towns. Ilorin refused to cease fighting however, and the war dragged on.[4] In 1880, he became a deacon and in 1888 a priest. He was based in Oyo from 1881 onward and completed a work on Yoruba history in 1897. This event is said to have been caused by him fearing that his people were losing their history, and that they were beginning to know European history better. Ironically, this work was misplaced by his British publishers.
After his death, his brother Dr.
Bibliography
- Falola, Toyin (1993), Pioneer, patriot and patriarch: Samuel Johnson and the Yoruba people, Madison, WI: African Studies Program, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, ISBN 9780942615197.
- Johnson, Samuel (1921), The History of the Yorubas, Lagos: CMS Bookshops.
References
- ^ "Johnson, Henry 'Erugunjinmi'".
- ISBN 978-0-742-5373-23.
- ^ "Johnson, Samuel (B)".
- ^ The Dupuy Institute. "The Yoruba War 1877-1893". Armed Conflict Events Database. Retrieved 2011-05-27.
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