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- Title
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner: American Missionaries, Racism, and Decolonization in the Congo.
- Authors
McAlister, Melani
- Abstract
The article discusses American missionaries in the Belgian Congo during the 1950s, reflecting on racism and decolonization. It comments on missionary organizations including the Africa Inland Mission (AIM) and the Conservative Baptist Foreign Missionary Society (CBFMS). The author examines the political context of the Congo, mission schools, and missionaries' livings conditions. Other topics include the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) Christian denomination, civil rights, and the experiences of missionary nurse Vera Thiessen.
- Subjects
CONGO (Democratic Republic); AFRICA; AMERICAN Christian missions; CHRISTIAN missions; MISSIONARIES; MISSION schools; SOUTHERN Baptist Convention; HISTORY of racism; DECOLONIZATION; THIESSEN, Vera; AFRICA Inland Mission; HISTORY of Baptists; HISTORY
- Publication
OAH Magazine of History, 2012, Vol 26, Issue 4, p33
- ISSN
0882-228X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/oahmag/oas035