Missionary Discourse and Racial Imagination in Colonial Rwanda
The article explores the racial imagination that shaped Catholic colonial missions in Rwanda. It highlights the usage of racial language in naming both European-African tensions and Hutu-Tutsi tensions. Also discussed are the racial paternalism of missionary Charles Lavigerie, and the racist Hamitic...
| Subtitles: | Special Section: Missions and race in Africa |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2018]
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| In: |
Fides et historia
Year: 2018, Volume: 50, Issue: 2, Pages: 66-78 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBN Sub-Saharan Africa KDB Roman Catholic Church NBE Anthropology RJ Mission; missiology |
| Further subjects: | B
Race Relations
B Christian missions; Africa B Rwanda; History B Tutsi (African people) B Catholic missions B Hutu (African people) B Lavigerie, Charles |
| Summary: | The article explores the racial imagination that shaped Catholic colonial missions in Rwanda. It highlights the usage of racial language in naming both European-African tensions and Hutu-Tutsi tensions. Also discussed are the racial paternalism of missionary Charles Lavigerie, and the racist Hamitic Thesis that established Hutu and Tutsi social categories during the colonial period. |
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| Item Description: | Seite 66: Kurze Einleitung (Introduction) von "Special Section: Missions and race in Africa" |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Fides et historia
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