For example, in the wages: in 1863 Saker received £250 pound, Fuller £125 and Rev. Johnson, the first baptized by Saker, 100 pounds. There were complaints about the actions of Saker from the local believers, but also a Scottish missionary protested his actions. After investigation the missionary organization said Saker was not guilty, however, the way he his treated the local believers had to change. The Scottish missionary was fired. This was of the opinion that the three performance Saker - Bible translation, printing and the foundation of Victoria - had been largely due to Merrick and Fuller. Less contrast By the end of the 1870s Saker stopped his work and returned to his homeland, where he died in 1880. The history of Alfred Saker shows a less black and white picture than seen on the memorial in Limbe. Geographical discoveries Family life He has been supported during his mission by his wife and kids. Legacy Alfred Saker first went to Africa in 1844 as part of a missionary team on the island of Fernando Po (now Bioko). He was, in the opinion of David Livingstone, the most important English missionary in West Africa. He envisioned great possibilities and tried to convince the English government to make this area a Crown Colony. He established his first missionary station on the continent near present-day Douala, Cameroon, in 1845. He founded the city of Victoria, Cameroon, and translated the Bible into Douala, the local language. Places named in his honour and other memorials In Equatorial Guinea In Cameroon A Baptist school in Limbe, Saker Baptist College, is named after him. College Alfred Saker Deïdo - Douala and Alfred Saker Baptist church near by. Alfred Saker Baptist church in Limbé Bibliographic sources Underhill, Edward Bean (1813-1901). Alfred Saker (1814-1880), missionary to Africa : a biography, (1884) London: Baptist Missionary Society Emily Martha Ashfield Saker, b. 1849. Alfred Saker The Pioneer of the Cameroons, (1908), London : Religious Tract Society Jaap Van Slageren. Les origines de l'Église évangélique du Cameroun Notes and references Citations External links Deed of Purchase of Victoria District, West Africa 1814 births 1880 deaths People from Wrotham British colonial people in Cameroon Baptist missionaries in Cameroon English Baptist missionaries 19th-century Baptists Baptist missionaries in Equatorial Guinea British expatriates in Equatorial Guinea