'Entirely Christian And Entirely African': Catholic African Students In France In The Era Of Independence
'Entirely Christian And Entirely African': Catholic African Students In France In The Era Of Independence
This article examines the activism of militant Catholic African students in France in the 1950s. Largely left out of the historiography of the period, they developed a unique perspective on Africa's future, informed by their dual (and often fraught) identity as Africans and Catholics. They undertook a strident campaign to convince French Catholics and the Church hierarchy of the necessity of decolonization, trying to change the Church from the inside.
CITATION: Foster, Elizabeth. 'Entirely Christian And Entirely African': Catholic African Students In France In The Era Of Independence . : Cambridge University Press , 2015. The Journal of African History, Vol. 56, No. 2, July 2015, pp. 239-259 - Available at: https://library.au.int/entirely-christian-and-entirely-african-catholic-african-students-france-era-independence-0