ANSWER:
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Christian
missionaries carried out a number of activities in East Africa. Their
activities had various impacts on the social, political and economic conditions
of East Africa. The following were the activities carried out by the Christian
missionaries in East Africa.
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Missionaries
carried out evangelization. Here they tried to convert and baptize many people
into Christianity from their paganism and Islam.
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Christian
missionaries carried out linguistic research and came up with new developments
in language. Dr Kraft for example translated the Bible into Swahili and wrote a
Swahili dictionary and grammar hence making it easy for people to understand
the Bible more.
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The Christian
missionaries built many churches in East Africa many of which are still in
existence. They for example set up a church at Zanzibar, Rubaga and Rabai
missionary station near Mombasa. .
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They carried out
exploration work into the discovery of various East African physical features.
For example, Kraft was the first European to see Mt. Kenya in 1849 while Rebman
was the first to European see Kilimanjaro in 1848.
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Christian
missionaries set up stations for free rehabilitation services for example in
1868 the Holy Ghost Fathers set up a home for the free slaves at Zanzibar.
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Christian
missionaries participated in opening up various mission stations. Such mission
stations could help in enhancing evangelization into the local population. For
example Rebman set up one at Rabai near Mombasa.
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Christian
missionaries participated in skill development in East Africa. They for example
participated in modernizing Agriculture and carpentry by setting up
agricultural institutions and carpentry workshops for training.
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Christian
missionaries were also influential in establishing educational institutions and
training efficient class of African clergy (catechists) who were close and more
understandable to the local communities. This helped and enhanced the
propagation of faith.
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Christian
missionaries were at times involved in political processes that were beyond
spiritual jurisdiction. They for example participated in the overthrow of
Kabaka Mwanga of Buganda.
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