# Samuel Ajayi Crowther
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samuel ajayi crowther (c. 1809–31 December 1891), was a Yoruba linguist and the first African Anglican bishop in Nigeria. Born in Osoogun (in what is in Lanlate, Oyo State, Nigeria), he and his family were captured by Fulani slave raiders when he was about twelve years old.
Crowther was freed from slavery at a coastal port by the Royal Navy's West Africa Squadron, which was enforcing the ban against the Atlantic slave trade.
Trade, Diplomacy, and Rivalry — How Competition Coexisted with Cooperation
In 19th-century Yorubaland, rival kingdoms fought for sixteen years — and traded with each other the entire time. This is the story of how the Kiriji (Ekitiparapo) War reveals a system of rivalry that was brutal, sophisticated, and governed by rules we still haven't fully understood.Episode 5 of Yo…
The Consecration of Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther
Join Nick Walters and Dr. Melody Maxwell as they discuss the momentous consecration of Samuel Ajayi Crowther as the first African Anglican bishop.
Learn more about Crowther in the upcoming Christian History issue #160 on the Anglicans. Subscribe today to receive it in print.
Ajayi Crowther: He Invented 'Yoruba' — Then Smashed Its Gods
An Ifa oracle told his parents he would serve none of the 400 Yoruba deities. It was right — he served something harder to name.
Samuel Ajayi Crowther was enslaved at twelve, freed at sea by the Royal Navy, and rebuilt himself through language. He wrote the first grammar of any African language aut…
Age 2 Age: Herbert Macaulay
What if you could sit down with a man who's been dead since 1946 and ask him anything?
This is a new, slightly different, episode of the Age 2 Age Podcast where I step into the voice of the historical figures who built the Nigeria we inherited, and answer the same questions I've always asked livin…
Trained to Curtsy, She Dethroned a King: Britain's Biggest Mistake
March 1949: ten thousand market women surround the palace of the Aláké of Abeokuta. Within weeks, he abdicates. The woman who organized it — Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti — was trained by British missionaries to be the ultimate English lady, and turned that exact education against the Empire.
This episode…
Shut Down Lagos for 37 Days
Ọ̀rọ̀ tó bá dùn l'ẹnu, á dùn l'etí — words that are sweet in the mouth are sweet in the ear. But printed words do something the proverb doesn't mention: they outlive the mouth that spoke them.
Lagos, June 1945: the trains stop running, the docks go silent, and for over a month the busiest city in B…
S3E326 – Acts 17-18: Just Do Your Job
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Podcast Introduction
Today is Gospel Saturday Acts 17-18. I’m calling today’s episode “Just Do Your Job.”
Design: Steve Webb | Photo: Elaine Casap on Unsplash
Comments on Acts 18
Something that struck me in today’s reading was in verse 5 and 6. Paul had told the Jews that Je…
S3E326 – Acts 17-18: Just Do Your Job
Transcript
Podcast Introduction
Today is Gospel Saturday Acts 17-18. I’m calling today’s episode “Just Do Your Job.”
Design: Steve Webb | Photo: Elaine Casap on Unsplash
Comments on Acts 18
Something that struck me in today’s reading was in verse 5 and 6. Paul had told the Jews that …
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