Slavery, Human Rights and Visas
A case study of yet unpublished material from the French colonial archives shows that the administration carefully watched the work of Christian missionaries in Cameroon. This surveillance stemmed from the administration’s fear of local rebellion due to the missionaries’ influence. In the North, the...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2016
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Mission studies
Année: 2016, Volume: 33, Numéro: 3, Pages: 251-274 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Kamerun
/ Frankreich
/ Colonie
/ Det Norske Misjonsselskap
/ Mission
/ Histoire 1840-1950
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| RelBib Classification: | KAH Époque moderne KAJ Époque contemporaine KBE Scandinavie KBG France KBN Afrique subsaharienne RJ Mission |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Cameroon
history of mission
French colonial administration
Norwegian missionaries
Peuls
slavery
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| Résumé: | A case study of yet unpublished material from the French colonial archives shows that the administration carefully watched the work of Christian missionaries in Cameroon. This surveillance stemmed from the administration’s fear of local rebellion due to the missionaries’ influence. In the North, the fear was that Christian mission would provoke the previously militarily powerful Fulbe to a rebellion similar to those the French had experienced in their North African colonies. The Norwegian missionaries took an active stance against local slavery, and visa applications for nine new missionaries in 1950 became the impetus for intensive surveillance from the French administration. The visa struggle and the struggle over domestic slavery also show that the administration had established a political culture that only reluctantly gave priority to serious human rights issues over respect for local traditions, and that they had established a regime of strict control over religious activities. |
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| Description matérielle: | Online-Ressource |
| ISSN: | 1573-3831 |
| Contient: | In: Mission studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15733831-12341463 |