The work of Christian Missionaries has seldom been divorced from the history of colonial activities in Africa. In some places, Christian Missions attracted their home government from Europe to set up colonies. In other locations, establishing a colonial hold opened the way for the Mission to enter the subjugated land.

This paper “Colonial Foundations of Christian Missions in Tivland, 1911-1959” sketches a historical narrative of the consort of Christian Missions and colonial authorities in their establishment in Tivland and the social, cultural, economic, and political distortions brought to it. Using the historical narrative, secondary and tertiary sources were analyzed. The conclusion arrived at following the Liberalism and Empire theory shows that Christian Missions and colonialism effectively complemented each other in bringing about the subjugation of Tiv society