Conflicted missionaries: power and identity in French West Africa during the 1930s.

The Historian | March 22, 2004| | Copyright

IN A 1935 SPEECH TO MEMBERS of the colonial administration in the federation of French West Africa (AOF--Afrique Occidentale francaise), Governor General Jules Brevie asserted that one of France's most important tasks was to bring about a "cultural renaissance" among the indigenous peoples of the region. France's redefined mission civilisatrice was to be fulfilled, Brevie argued, by teaching the subject populations how to live according to "authentic African traditions," (1) and they were to receive that instruction in "rural popular schools" founded by the government general ...

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