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This vivid account of the missionary work of the Rev. Hope Masterton Waddell in the West Indies and Central Africa was first published in 1863. During his sixteen years in Jamaica he witnessed the slave revolt and the aftermath of the abolition of slavery. The mission helped former slaves adapt to freedom in new communities. In 1846 he left Jamaica for Calabar in West Africa (now part of Nigeria), and his narrative is one of the best European accounts of pre-colonial Africa. The mission was concerned with ending local practices such as polygamy, human sacrifice and witchcraft, and Waddell formed a close relationship with King Eyo. The book gives considerable detail about the history and culture of the area, as well as on the work of the mission. His work in Calabar is still commemorated there in the Hope Waddell Training Institute, Duke Town.
Hope Masterton Waddel sera missionnaire à Old Calabar de 1845 à 1858 y développant sa connaissance de la langue et de la culture Efik.
Cet ouvrage sera réédité en 2010 (Cambridge University Press). EAN : 9781108016698
Le Reverend Hope Masterton Waddell (1804-1895) est un missionnaire irlandais presbytérien avec des connaissances médicales qui oeuvrera en Jamaïque et au Calabar (Sud est du Nigeria) où il arrive à Old Calabar en 1845. Il apprendra l'Efik et nouera des relations avec le roi Eyo Honesty II. En 1895 une école portant son nom est créée à Duke Town (Nigeria), qui deviendra le Hope Waddell institute, structure qui formera de nombreux hommes politiques nigerians
