Edith Warner of the Niger

Edith Warner was a contemporary of Mary Slessor and also served in Nigeria amongst women and children. My thanks to Redcliffe College for providing me with a copy of this book to scan. This title is now in the Public Domain. G.T. Basden [1873-1944], Edith Warner of the Niger. The Story of Thirty-Three Years of…

Mary Slessor The Dundee Factory Girl by J.J. Ellis

The story of Mary Mitchell Slessor’s [1848-1915] work in Calabar, Nigeria was truly remarkable, as Andrew C. Ross notes in the Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions. [p.624.]: Her life is an example of Christian inculturation, but regrettably it was trivialized by a romantic “white queen of Okoyong” attitude toward her in Britain. J.J. Ellis [1853-?], Mary Slessor….

Reflections of a Pioneer Missionary by William R.S. Miller

William Miller [1872-1952] was a Church Missionary Society Missionary to the Hausa people of Northern Nigeria. He spent 50 years working in that country and assisted in the translation of the Bible into the Hausa language. My thanks to the Church Missionary Society for their kind permission to place this book on-line. W.R.S. Miller [1872-1952],…