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A case study of yet unpublished material from the French colonial archives shows that the administration carefully watched the work of Christian missionaries in Cameroon.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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| 格式: | 電子 Article |
| 語言: | English |
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Brill
2016
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Mission studies
Year: 2016, 卷: 33, 發布: 3, Pages: 251-274 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Kamerun
/ Frankreich
/ 殖民地
/ Det Norske Misjonsselskap
/ 宣教
/ 歷史 1840-1950
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBE Northern Europe; Scandinavia KBG France KBN Sub-Saharan Africa RJ Mission; missiology |
| Further subjects: | B
Cameroon
history of mission
French colonial administration
Norwegian missionaries
富拉尼人
slavery
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| 總結: | A case study of yet unpublished material from the French colonial archives shows that the administration carefully watched the work of Christian missionaries in Cameroon.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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| ISSN: | 1573-3831 |
| Contains: | In: Mission studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15733831-12341463 |