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Samuel Ajayi Crowther (c. 1809 – 31 December 1891) was a Yoruba linguist, clergyman, and the first African Anglican bishop of West Africa. Born in Osogun (in what is now Ado-Awaye , Oyo State , Nigeria), he and his family were captured by Fulani slave raiders when he was about twelve years old. [ 2 ]
Dapo Folorunsho Asaju (born 16 November 1961) is an academician and also the Bishop Theologian of the Anglican Church of Nigeria and the former vice chancellor of Ajayi Crowther University (October 1, 2015-30 September 2020). Dapo was appointed by the Governing council of Ajayi Crowther University. [1] [2]
Samuel Ajayi Crowther translated the Bible into Yoruba language and concluded it in the mid-1880s known as "Bibeli Mimo". The complete Yoruba Bible was first published in 1884. In addition to this, several translations have been released by different authors.
Early missionaries such as Henry Townsend, Charles Andrew Gollmer [4] and Samuel Ajayi Crowther gave rise to the Yoruba Mission. [5] Gollmer was made Deacon in 1841, and priest the same year. Samuel Ajayi Crowther was consecrated a bishop in London on 29 June 1864 and served as Bishop of Western Equatorial Africa.
The Church runs several schools, two hospitals and some social centers and development projects. It publishes a guide for daily Bible reading (in English and Yoruba). The Church is widely popular in major cities outside Lagos, especially in Oyo, Ijebu, Ekiti, Ondo, Osun, Kwara, Kogi, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Rivers, Benue and other areas.
Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther. Christianity came to Nigeria in the 15th century through Augustinian and Capuchin Friars from Portugal.The first mission of the Church of England was, though, only established in 1842 in Badagry by Henry Townsend.
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The first translation of the Bible into Yoruba in the late 1800s by Samuel Ajayi Crowther controversially adopted traditional Yoruba names, such as "Olodumare/Olorun" for "God" and "Eshu" for the devil, and thus began associating Olorun with the male gender. [5]