why was the ship which which took the Bible to Africa return with slaves ??????

Question

I went to Elmina in Ghana and realised that the same people sent the Bible to them took their people away sadly if so what is the cause of the problems in Africa.

Answer 1

So that Americans could have the bounty of knowing Africans. I think we would be deprived never to have known and had the opportunity to be exposed to the many gifts people of African descent have given us. Music, sports, styles, food, etc., etc.

It's alright. Those who have been denigrated in this world will be rewarded in the next. And those who did the denigrating will suffer in the next. The last shall be first; and, the first shall be last.

Answer 2

OK, you're question is somewhat confusing. But I'll try to answer this one. They weren't the same people. Missionaries used ships to get from place to place. Some of these ships were part of the slave trade. So, they caught a ride on the ships that were heading to where they wanted to go. The missionaries and slave traders weren't the same people. Also, you asked what the cause of problems in Africa are? Well, Africa is a continent, that has lots of different countries, and each country has its own problems. It's like asking what's the problem with the Americas? You got North America, Central America, and South America with a lot of different countries and as many different problems. So, you're second question doesn't really make sense. :)

Answer 3

The answer to your question lies in the realization that while God doesn't take away our free will and allows evil to exist in this world, He supernaturally works all things together so that his overall will comes to pass. One of the people who sailed on a slaver's ship was John Newton the author of the song Amazing Grace. Here's an excerpt from his biography.

"He was the son of a shipmaster in the Mediterranean service, with whom he sailed until 1742. In 1743 he was impressed into the English naval service, was made midshipman, deserted, was recaptured and reduced to the ranks, exchanged to a ship in the African station, became servant to a slave-trader, and was rescued in 1748, being converted on the way home in a storm at sea."

In the same way God used slavers to bring the Bible to Africa. The cause of the problems in Africa is the same as the cause of the problems everywhere in this world, namely SIN! When people follow the lusts of their own hearts instead of the precepts laid out for us in God's Word, then suffering is the result.

Answer 4

It must be said that the vast majority of the Black slaves purchased by White slave traders were sold into slavery by fellow Blacks: very few White slave traders had to actually go and find their own victims, there being more than enough local Black chiefs up and down the length of Africa willing to sell off their own and neighboring tribesmen.