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This essay explores the missionaries’ activities in Africa by looking at the landscape of the land that they encountered, the people that they interacted with and the experience that they acquired from the travel. The essay also focuses on the social aspect by looking at the impact the missionaries had on the indigenous people. Through studying the key missionaries that visited Africa on those days, the essay hopes to establish the fact that the missionaries played a great role in bringing civilization to Africa and the different problems that they faced in their activities.
Henry Morton Stanley was one of the earliest Wels- American explorers who were sent by The New York Herald to look for Livingstone after he went missing for over three years. He was among the first missionaries to ever travel to the remote, then unknown Congo rain forest. During this period, the missionaries faced several challenges. Among the challenges’ that they faced was the poor transport network (Ashcroft, Griffiths, Tiffin & Ashcroft, 2007). There were no established roads during that time, and they mostly had top depend on navigating using the canoes as water was the only possible mode of transport. Another challenge that they faced was the harsh Africa climate. They were not used to the hot and humid climate which brought many challenges. With that climate, malaria was widespread as mosquitos were easily bred. Many missionaries died from malaria as others died from other complications associated with the weather. The last major challenge that they faced was the hostile communities that they faced. Most indigenous people were opposed to the missionary activities and they even attacked them with the aim of either killing them or stealing their belongings.
On his first visit, he arrived on Africa eastern coast and assembled a group of hundred men



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