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and received a warm welcome at Ijaye where he established a station with the support of Aare
Kurunmi. While in Yorubaland, Bowen's suffered from intermittent fever and his health deteriorated. He returned to America in 1852 to recuperate and to seek additional support for the mission. Bowen spent
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At Ijaye, Bowen and his wife built a chapel and established another outpost at
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Yorubaland. After arrival in Liberia, Bowen spent four months in Monrovia waiting for permission for movement to Badagry, during this time, Goodale died and Hill and Bowen went their separate ways. When he finally reached Badagry, Bowen was unable to go to Igboho due to
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In 1857, Bowen published an account of his mission work, which also narrated his views on how the
Christian world can transform Africa. The book received attention from American's interested in African affairs and from the
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Goodale proceeded to Africa in December 1849, in early 1850, the group reached the shores of Liberia en route to
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was planned to be the starting point of his missionary work in Africa because it was close to the Fulani empire, converting the Fulani's was thought to be critical to spread
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foreign missionaries. He had basic but limited knowledge of West Africa mostly from information he read about the activities of
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