Nima Mohammadi-Choosing and Evaluating Sources “Christian Missions and Colonial Rule in Africa: Objective and Contemporary Analysis” 1. Dr. Etim Okon is a distinguished professor in African Political Science from The University of Uyo. At the time of the publication of this paper, he was researching at the University of Calabar in Calabar, Nigeria. Because the professor is writing this from the standpoint of an African whose homeland was taken and conquered by Europeans, his perspective is truly different from those of Western Scholars. 2. The intended audience for this Scholarly Journal is the European scientific community, as the paper was published in the European Scholarly Journal. Because he is presenting his work to a foreign and potentially biased community of scholars, Okon’s work is most likely as objective as possible, to increase his work’s validity. 3. This was published in June 2014, and its studies are not out of date as they are examining a historical trend. 4. The arguments are valid, as the author is not determining if the impact of missions was negative: rather he is trying the bloom of missions in Africa with the growing colonial presence.
Christian Missions and Colonial Rule in Africa: Objective and
Contemporary Analysis1. Dr. Etim Okon is a distinguished professor
in African Political Science from The University of Uyo. At the
time of the publication of this paper, he was researching at the
University of Calabar in Calabar, Nigeria. Because the professor is
writing this from the standpoint of an African whose homeland was
taken and conquered by Europeans, his perspective is truly
different from those of Western Scholars. 2. The intended audience
for this Scholarly Journal is the European scientific community, as
the paper was published in the European Scholarly Journal. Because
he is presenting his work to a foreign and potentially biased
community of scholars, Okons work is most likely as objective as
possible, to increase his works validity.3. This was published in
June 2014, and its studies are not out of date as they are
examining a historical trend. 4. The arguments are valid, as the
author is not determining if the impact of missions was negative:
rather he is trying the bloom of missions in Africa with the
growing colonial presence. 5. Okin takes both evidence from Western
Colonial Reports as well as native African reports. 6. Yes, the
source is well written and error free.
