Includes index.

African Christian antecedents in antiquity -- The early pioneers : the church comes to West Africa, 1471-1703 -- Missionary activity in Benin, Warri and S ̥Tom,̌ 1480-1807 -- The establishment of Christian colonies in West Africa : Sierra Leone and Liberia -- The Baptist, Presbyterian and Methodist missions : Cameroun and Ghana -- Christian missions and African education and social improvement -- The rise of African independent churches -- Christianity, Islam and African traditional religions.