Collecting Abeokuta: Tracing the Provenance of Egba Material Culture from the Church Missionary Society Yoruba Mission

The Reverend Henry Townsend (1815–1886) was a missionary of the Church Missionary Society who worked in the city-state of Abeokuta, in present day southwestern Nigeria, from 1846 to 1876. While there he gathered artifacts, some of which are now in the collection of the Royal Albert Memorial Museum,...

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Main Author: Dadzie, Benjamina Efua (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2025
In: Material religion
Year: 2025, Volume: 21, Issue: 3, Pages: 268-289
Further subjects:B Egba
B handover
B Missionary
B Abeokuta
B Yoruba
B Collections
B artifacts
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