Missionaries and the Colonial State: Radicalism and Governance in Rwanda and Burundi, 1900-1972

by David Whitehouse

Book Overview

Catholic and Protestant missionaries followed their own, competing agendas rather than those of the colonial state. This volume unravels these agendas and challenges received wisdom on the histories of Rwanda and Burundi, as well as the colonial relationship between state and mission.

The archives of the White Fathers Catholic missionary order in Rome and Paris are read alongside primary sources produced by the British Protestant...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367704013
• ISBN13: 9780367704018
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"