In the footsteps of Bishop Crowther | Pelu Awofeso On The Road
Pelu Awofeso On The RoadOver the past 20 years, I have travelled to different parts of Nigeria writing and documenting aspects of our national heritage; these include: festivals, coronations, monuments, historical sites and many more.
I have written lots of stories on my experiences on these journeys, from 32 of Nigeria’s 36 states. I have also published five books to date and two hard-copy magazines. Plus, I’ve produced three short documentaries. All these I have achieved through self funding.
Now, I am about to embark on my most ambitious project yet, and need your support to bring it to life/ make it a reality. My project is on Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther, Africa’s first Anglican bishop who is largely responsible for the spread of #Christianity in many parts of Nigeria, a country of 200 million people; about half the population is Christian.
#BishopCrowther was a rescued slave who later became an educator, translator and missionary, accomplishing several milestones in his lifetime before dying in 1891 at the age of 82. It is thanks to him that millions of Christians in Nigeria can read the Bible in their mother tongue Yoruba, Igbo and Nupe, among others.
It is also thanks to him that Christianity spread to several communities in Nigeria, including places like Bonny Kingdom, Badagry. Ota, Abeokuta, Lokoja, Ogbomosho, Bida, Ilorin, Ibadan and Opobo, to mention just a few.
As a missionary, and in a clerical career that spanned six decades, Crowther travelled to – and stayed in -- several towns and cities that are part of present-day Nigeria. Some of the churches and buildings built by him or named in his memory still stand to date.
One of the objectives of this documentary project is to visit and document them. For this project, and to honour his memory, I would love to journey through the villages and towns and cities that he visited as a missionary, see how much they have changed and what memorials of him are in those places;
I’m also keen to document stories about him that residents of those places remember and share among themselves, not to mention any landmarks associated with him that also still exists. The key deliverables for the Bishop Crowther project are: (1) a 75-minute #documentary; (2) a blog; and (3) a photo book.
To do justice to this project, I estimate that we will be on the road for a period of 8-10 weeks, across four political regions at least. It is, no doubt, a costly venture; it is the reason I’m asking for your support to help make it a dream come true.
Ultimately, my believe is that these project will bring the story of Bishop Crowther to a new generation of Nigerians and Africans, who I believe have much to learn from his grass-to-grace journey.
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