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Archival Odyssey: A Study of the Problems of the Researcher in Using The Methodist Church Records of Nigeria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 May 2014

G.B. Alegbeleye
G.B. Alegbeleye*
Affiliation:
University of Ibadan
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Methodism was introduced into Nigeria as a result of the separate missionary activities of the Primitive Methodist Church and the Wesleyan Methodist Church, both from Britain. In 1962 the Nigerian Methodist Church gained her autonomy from the British Methodist conference. The checkered history of the Methodist church in Nigeria has affected the organization of the records of the church and consequently researchers' access to and utilization of these records. An attempt is made in this paper to examine critically the problems that might face the scholar who intends to use Methodist church records in Nigeria for research purposes. Ways of overcoming these problems are suggested.

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Research Article
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History in Africa , Volume 14 , 1987 , pp. 375 - 380
Copyright
Copyright © African Studies Association 1987

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