Okay, to the next question, could you shed light based on the facts from the book on the differences between publications in Yoruba produced by the missionaries and the secular print writers in Lagos?

Yeah.

Well, the Christian missions, especially the Church Missionary Society, the CMS, were absolutely foundational to the development of Yoruba print culture.

So they'd already had a printing press at their mission station in Abeokuta before the press arrived in Lagos, and they published a lot of material, including translations of the Bible into Yoruba, and of the prayer book and the hymn book, and the translation of the Pilgrim's Progress.

So they were really pioneers in establishing a standard style of writing Yoruba.

They even published a dictionary.

The Reverend Samuel Ajayi Crowther, who became a bishop, of course, as you must know, He wrote a really wonderful Yoruba dictionary in the 1850s, which kind of set the scene for subsequent print culture.

So what were the challenges putting the book together? And who are the people that make the publication possible?

Could you shed light based on the facts from the book on the differences between publications in Yoruba produced by the missionaries and the secular print writers in Lagos?

Yeah.

Well, the Christian missions, especially the Church Missionary Society, the CMS, were absolutely foundational to the development of Yoruba print culture.

So they'd already had a printing press at their mission station in Abeokuta before the press arrived in Lagos, and they published a lot of material including translations of the Bible into Yoruba, and of the prayer book and the hymn book, and the translation of the Pilgrim's Progress.

So they were really pioneers in establishing a standard style of writing Yoruba.

They even published a dictionary.

The Reverend Samuel Adjaye Crowther, who became a bishop, of course, as you must know, He wrote a really wonderful Yoruba dictionary in the 1850s, which kind of set the scene for subsequent print culture.

So what are the challenges putting the book together? And who are the people that make the publication possible?

Could you shed light based on the facts from the book on the differences between publications in Yoruba produced by the missionaries and the secular print writers in Lagos?

Yeah.

Well, the Christian missions, especially the Church Missionary Society, the CMS, were absolutely foundational to the development of Yoruba print culture.

So they'd already had a printing press at their mission station in Abeokuta before the press arrived in Lagos, and they published a lot of material, including translations of the Bible into Yoruba, and of the prayer book and the hymn book, and the translation of the Pilgrim's Progress.

So they were really pioneers in establishing a standard style of writing Yoruba.

They even published a dictionary.

The Reverend Samuel Ajayi Crowther, who became a bishop, of course, as you must know, He wrote a really wonderful Yoruba dictionary in the 1850s, which kind of set the scene for subsequent print culture.

So what were the challenges putting the book together? And who are the people that make the publication possible?

Could you shed light based on the facts from the book on the differences between publications in Yoruba produced by the missionaries and the secular print writers in Lagos?

Yeah.

Well, the Christian missions, especially the Church Missionary Society, the CMS, were absolutely foundational to the development of Yoruba print culture.

So they'd already had a printing press at their mission station in Abeokuta, before the press arrived in Lagos and they published a lot of material including translations of the Bible into Yoruba and of the prayer book and the hymn book and the translation of the Pilgrim's Progress.

So they were really pioneers in establishing a standard style of writing Yoruba And they even published a dictionary.

The Reverend Samuel Ajayi Crowther, who became a bishop, of course, as you must know, he wrote a really wonderful Yoruba dictionary in the 1850s, which kind of set the scene for subsequent print culture.

Later on, in 1913, the CMS established a printing press also in Lagos, so they were responsible for a lot of publishing in Lagos.

So what were the challenges putting the book together? And who are the people that make the publication possible?

Okay, to the next question, could you shed light based on the facts from the book on the differences between publications in Yoruba produced by the missionaries and the secular print writers in Lagos?

Yeah.

Well, the Christian missions, especially the Church Missionary Society, the CMS, were absolutely foundational to the development of Yoruba print culture.

So they'd already had a printing press at their mission station in Abeokuta.

before the press arrived in Lagos and they published a lot of material including translations of the Bible into Yoruba and of the prayer book and the hymn book and the translation of the Pilgrim's Progress.

So they were really pioneers in establishing a standard style of writing Yoruba.

and they even published a dictionary.

So what are the challenges putting the book together? And who are the people that make the publication possible?

Okay, to the next question, could you shed light based on the facts from the book on the differences between publications in Yoruba produced by the missionaries and the secular print writers in Lagos?

Yeah.

Well, the Christian missions, especially the Church Missionary Society, the CMS, were absolutely foundational to the development of Yoruba print culture.

So they'd already had a printing press at their mission station in Abeokuta.

before the press arrived in Lagos and they published a lot of material including translations of the Bible into Yoruba and of the prayer book and the hymn book and the translation of the Pilgrim's Progress.

So they were really pioneers in establishing a standard style of writing Yoruba.

And they even published a dictionary.

So what were the challenges putting the book together? And who are the people that make the publication possible?

Okay, to the next question, could you shed light based on the facts from the book on the differences between publications in Yoruba produced by the missionaries and the secular print writers in Lagos?

Well, the Christian missions, especially the Church Missionary Society, the CMS, were absolutely foundational to the development of Yoruba print culture.

They'd already had a printing press at their mission station in Abeokuta before the press arrived in Lagos, and they published a lot of material including translations of the Bible into Yoruba, and of the prayer book and the hymn book, and the translation of the Pilgrim's Progress.

So they were really pioneers in establishing a standard style of writing Yoruba.

They even published a dictionary.

The Reverend Samuel Ajayi Crowther, who became a bishop, of course, as you must know, He wrote a really wonderful Yoruba dictionary in the 1850s, which kind of set the scene for subsequent print culture.

Later on, in 1913, the CMS established a printing press also in Lagos.

So what are the challenges putting the book together? And who are the people that make the publication possible? The