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The 1950 Lovanium University: Belgium's Colonial Ivory Tower
In 1950, the Catholic University of Lovanium opened its doors in the hills outside Léopoldville, becoming the first full university in Central Africa. But was it a genuine step toward Congolese empowerment, or a carefully controlled experiment in colonial paternalism? Lucas walks Luna through the tense politics behind Lovanium's founding — from the opposition of Belgian settlers who feared educated Africans, to the church's desire to train a loyal elite, to the strange paradox of teaching Thomist philosophy in a colony where most people never saw a classroom. They explore how…
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