Les étudiants congolais à Bruxelles dans les années 1950

Very few of the first Congolese students in Belgium entered Belgian higher education before the independence of the Republic of the Congo. This can be explained in particular by the general education policy pursued by the Belgian authorities in their colony (1885-1960). Through their presence on uni...

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Main Author: Romain Landmeters
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires du Midi 2021-02-01
Series:Diasporas: Circulations, Migrations, Histoire
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/diasporas/6684
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Summary:Very few of the first Congolese students in Belgium entered Belgian higher education before the independence of the Republic of the Congo. This can be explained in particular by the general education policy pursued by the Belgian authorities in their colony (1885-1960). Through their presence on university campuses and their mobilisation in the Belgian public and media spaces, these students not only became actors in the decolonisation of the Congo, but they also familiarised the people of Brussels with the existence of sub-Saharan communities in the Belgian capital.
ISSN:1637-5823
2431-1472