Ways used by Locals to Resist Missionary Influence

St Faith’s Mission near Rusape.

• Locals moved to locations that were far from the settlements of the missionaries
• They continued with their tradition and religion instead of abandoning it
• Even though the missionaries denounced raids, the Ndebele continued raiding their neighbours
• The locals continued with their traditional type of education and refused to go to missionary schools
• They killed missionaries who called them witches
• All local people who accepted missionary teachings or wanted to accept it were killed
• The locals starved the missionaries as they were seen as agents of imperialism
• Missionaries were not allowed to walk freely or talk to locals
• Some African leaders barred missionaries and locals were discouraged from attending their church services

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