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Acts of pioneer missionaries in Zuru land
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By Chukwuma Ajakah
Sunday Moses Dabai, a church historian and the public servant tells the story of pioneer gospel evangelists in his maiden book, “The Coming of Missionaries to Zuru land, North-Western Nigeria: The Struggles &The Triumphs”.
The book published by Wadmaryamu Services Enterprise, Kebbi (2020) features insightful accounts of the exploits of the European missionaries that brought Christianity to Zuru land in the early 1900s. It also chronicles the pivotal role evangelical bodies such as Missionary Brethren in Christ (MBC), the United Missionary Society (UMS), Sudan Interior Mission (SIM) and Sudan United Mission (SUM) played in propagating the Christian faith in North-Western, Nigeria. Moreover, the book portrays the lifestyle of traditional and contemporary Zuru society in terms of settlements, religion, occupation and cultural ideation.