Samuel Ajayi Crowther
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Sep 19, 2026
David JeremiahSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We'll talk about it next right here on Turning Point.
David JeremiahSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
In 1821, a 12-year-old boy named Samuel Crowther watched slave raiders burn his village in what is now Nigeria.
David JeremiahSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They captured him and marched him to the coast, forced him onto a ship headed across the Atlantic.
David JeremiahSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But before the ship reached its destination, a British naval vessel intercepted it and freed the captives.
Karin BarberGUEST
They even published a dictionary.
Karin BarberGUEST
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.
Karin BarberGUEST
Later on, in 1913, the CMS established a printing press also in Lagos.
Karin BarberGUEST
So they were responsible for a lot of publishing in Lagos.
Karin BarberGUEST
So they were really pioneers in establishing a standard style of writing Yoruba And they even published a dictionary.
Karin BarberGUEST
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.
Karin BarberGUEST
Later on, in 1913, the CMS established a printing press also in Lagos, so they were responsible for a lot of publishing in Lagos.
Karin BarberGUEST
The Iwe Kika series that I've already mentioned, a magazine called In Leisure Hours, or Biorobadile, because it was bilingual.
Karin BarberGUEST
They even published a dictionary.
Karin BarberGUEST
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.
Karin BarberGUEST
Later on, in 1913, the CMS established a printing press also in Lagos.
Karin BarberGUEST
So they were responsible for a lot of publishing in Lagos.
Karin BarberGUEST
And they even published a dictionary.
Karin BarberGUEST
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.
Karin BarberGUEST
Later on, in 1913, the CMS established a printing press also in Lagos, so they were responsible for a lot of publishing in Lagos.
Karin BarberGUEST
The Iwe Kika series that I've already mentioned, a magazine called In Leisure Hours, or Biorobadile, because it was bilingual.
Karin BarberGUEST
They even published a dictionary.
Karin BarberGUEST
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.
Karin BarberGUEST
Later on, in 1913, the CMS established a printing press also in Lagos.
Karin BarberGUEST
So they were responsible for a lot of publishing in Lagos.
Karin BarberGUEST
and they even published a dictionary.
Karin BarberGUEST
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.
Karin BarberGUEST
Later on, in 1913, the CMS established a printing press also in Lagos, so they were responsible for a lot of publishing in Lagos.
Karin BarberGUEST
The Iwe Kika series that I've already mentioned, a magazine called In Leisure Hours, or Biorobadile, because it was bilingual, history books, pamphlets, all kinds of things.