Talk:Samuel Ajayi Crowther

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• References to the Niger expedition- I need to read more on this, but I'm pretty sure this refers to the Niger River, not Niger, the modern country/region. I say this because of the fact that he began working on Igbo translations after a later expedition. Rjhatl 02:29, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)

You're absolutely right. 'Niger' as used in the Schon/Crowther journals and the archives of the CMS of that period always refers to the river, especially the lower delta in what is today Nigeria. — mark ✎ 10:50, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] After 1864

See this valuable post on Abecedaria and the references cited therein, in particular this Christianity Today article. — mark ✎ 15:25, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] 1806 or 1807?

What is the reference for the 1807 birth year? Both Hair (1967) and Ajayi (1965) give ca. 1806. Does anyone have the authoritative Ajayi (2002) A Patriot to the Core: Bishop Ajayi Crowther? — mark ✎ 15:25, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] the name

As a freed slave from a boat, meaning no contact with new world slavery,why is it that he has english first name and lastname and not something along the lines of Ajayi Kuti or Olusegun etc. any information would be nice.

As the article says, he was freed by the British Navy and he was taken to Freetown, Liberia. He probably got his name from agents of the CMS where he received schooling. As far as I know, not much is known about the origin of Crowther's European name, but it might be relevant that at that time in the colony of Freetown, it frequently happened that liberated slaves assumed the family names of Europeans. Ajayi (or Ajai) most probably was his Yoruba family name. Hair (1967:12) points out that, for some unknown reason, all his scholarly publications just bear the name 'Samuel Crowther'. — mark ✎ 12:37, 16 March 2006 (UTC)