COMPERATIVE ANALYSIS OF NEWSPAPER GROWTH IN
THE ERA OF MISSIONARIES AND SETTLER ELEMENTS.
This written analysis is to show the works or some of the works done by
the early missionaries and settler elements in the contribution of the growth of
newspapers in Nigeria and society. [The comparism between the Missionaries
and Settler elements].
First point to be brought out is that the Missionaries came to
Nigeria to publicize their religious belief and speak largely about anti-slavery
with their newspapers. While the Settler elements came to Nigeria to produce
newspapers just to make profit.
Second point, The common factor with the missionaries was that they
all came to Nigeria with their printing machines. The Missionaries also
established newspaper to teach our people how to read and write,[the first
newspaper “IWE IROHIN FUN AWON ARA EGBA ATI YORUBA] the
newspapers were printed in English and Yoruba [BILINGUAL]. While the
Settler elements also used their newspaper to fight colonialism that got us our
freedom. [JOH N PAYNE JACKSON “THE WEEKLY RECORD PRESS”].
Third point, the Missionaries established printing schools to teach about
printing and publication, to also reduce illiteracy in the society\environment
But the Settler elements newspapers made rich business men get interest in
printing and publishing and the brought about the first rotary press and
modern, advanced, efficient printing machines into Nigeria from England that
made it easier for newspapers to go far wide.Today,printing industries are
driven by Hi-tech computers for better and faster printing of newspapers.
With all this comparism and differences, the Missionaries and
Settler elements had the same goal and that goal was that they all published
their newspapers for the betterment, improvement and progress of Nigeria.
All the Settler elements also had a thing in common. They all worked under or
with a Missionary [REV.HENRY TOWNSEND].
Another similarity there with the Missionaries and the Settler element is
that both the Missionaries [REV.HOPE WEDDEL ESTABLISHING THE
FIRST PRINTING SCHOOL IN CALABAR] and Settler elements [ROBERT
CAMPBELL ESTABLISHING HIS OWN PRINTING SCHOOL IN LAGOS]
both established printing schools in Nigeria.
Consequently with all that have been said to this, the growth, birth and
development of Nigerian press can be traced to little rain drops of a
Missionary [REV.HENRY TOWNSEND OF THE CHURCH OF
MISSIONARY SOCIETY IN 1859].
NAME; SALAMI KHALIL OLALEKAN
COURSE; HISTORY OF NIGERIA MASS MEDIA
DEPARTMANT; SOCIAL SCIENCE
APPLICATION I.D.; 90156
TOPIC:
THE COMPARISM OF THE
GROWTH OF NEWSPAPER
BETWEEN THE MISSONARIES AND
SETTLER ELEMENTS.