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    On the Fringes of a Christian Kingdom: The White Fathers, Colonial Rule and the Báhêmbá in Sola, Northern Katanga, 1909-1960

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    Editors
    Baum, RM
    Volume
    45
    Pagination
    279 - 306
    Publisher
    BRILL
    DOI
    10.1163/15700666-12340050
    Journal
    Journal of Religion in Africa
    Issue
    3-4
    ISSN
    1570-0666
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    Abstract
    This article charts the history of a White Fathers mission in a challenging rural milieu on the margins of the Christian ‘kingdom’ they established in southeastern Congo. It follows the Society from their arrival in the town of Sola in 1909 to the end of the colonial period. The history of this mission contradicts Jan Vansina’s claim that missionaries in general were part of an ensemble of actors able to shatter a millennia-old political tradition in Central Africa. Their position on the margins of their Christian ‘kingdom’ meant that the White Fathers in Sola were not powerful enough fully to enforce their will on the population of the town. Rather, they struggled to gain converts before the First World War because they were unfamiliar with Sola. Afterwards, they had to compete with waged labour, Protestantism and traditional ‘secret societies’ for Africans’ attention.
    Authors
    LOFFMAN, RA
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    http://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/13873
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    This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Journal of Religion in Africa following peer review. The version of record is available http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/15700666-12340050
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