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Article: Cross and Flag in Africa: The "White Fathers" during the Colonial Scramble (1892-1914).(Book review)
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- June 1, 2007
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Cross and Flag in Africa: The "White Fathers" during the Colonial Scramble (1892-1914). By Aylward Shorter, Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis, 2006. xxvi + 294 pp. $25.00 paper.
Relatively little research has been carried out in English on the history of the Catholic Church in Africa compared to the substantial scholarship on Protestant and Independent churches. The stated aim of this book is to address this lacuna by studying part of the history of the influential Society of Missionaries of Africa or "White Fathers." Aylward Shorter is himself a White Father, an anthropologist, and a historian who has lived in East Africa for many years. The book is a result of his ...