George Nkwe

George Nkwe (fl. 1866) was the first Cameroonian pastor,[1] ordained in 1866 by British Baptist missionary Alfred Saker.[2] A native Bamileke, Nkwe was kidnapped and sold into slavery at a young age, eventually becoming a slave of King Mpondo Ngando Akwa II of the Duala.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ World Council of Churches Commission on World Mission and Evangelism (1969). International Review of Mission. Commission on World Mission and Evangelism of the World Council of Churches. pp. 303. http://books.google.com/books?id=KZ4TAAAAIAAJ&q=%22George+Nkwe%22+-wikipedia&dq=%22George+Nkwe%22+-wikipedia&pgis=1. Retrieved 2007-07-29. 
  2. ^ a b Steed, Christopher, and Bengt Sundkler (2000). A History of the Church in Africa. Cambridge University Press. pp. 261. ISBN 052158342X. http://books.google.com/books?id=y1p61xARWY4C&pg=PA261&ots=buOjqZfJYi&dq=%22George+Nkwe%22+-wikipedia&sig=9hv_xehHjSGISZQhOcXi2kbVicA. Retrieved 2007-07-29. 
  3. ^ Saker, Emily Martha (1929). Alfred Saker, Pioneer of the Cameroons. Carey Press. pp. 171. http://books.google.com/books?id=IiIsAAAAIAAJ&q=%22George+Nkwe%22+-wikipedia&dq=%22George+Nkwe%22+-wikipedia&pgis=1. Retrieved 2007-07-29.