Entirely Christian and Entirely African’

Catholic African Students in France in the Era of Independence

Bibliographic Data

ID8976081
AuthorsElizabeth A Foster (0000-0003-0973-1507, Tufts University, corresponding author), ELIZABETH FOSTER (0000-0002-8272-1842)
Year2015
Volume56
Issue2
Pages239-259
Publication date2015-06-12
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of African History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-8537 • E-ISSN: 1469-5138
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0021853715000201
OpenAlexW2604205539
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited19

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

Aesthetics · Ancient history · Art · Decolonization · Ethnology · Hierarchy · Historiography · History of Africa · Identity (music · Independence (probability theory · Militant · Period (music · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Studies · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law · North African History and Literature · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies

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