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Un livre scolaire du Congo belge. 1932. Mambi ma botangi ndenge na ndenge.Buku ya basatu. Introduction, commentaire et traduction
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Mots-clés : Lingala, manuel scolaire, Egide De Boeck, Scheut, Congo, écoles coloniales.
Abstract
The Congolese reader presented here belongs to a larger group of the texts inaugurated in 1903 for use in the schools of the Scheut missionaries established in Nouvelle Anvers. Mgr Egide De Boeck is identified as the author. It is part of his strategy to propagate his rebantuised version of Lingala through the school and church networks. As a reader, it was used for several decades, during which it functioned both as an illustration of the curriculum and as a collection of reading exercises. It was mainly used in the schools of the Scheut missionaries, where Lingala was the medium of instruction, especially from 1940 onwards. (Three vicariates are involved: Lisala, Inongo and Léopoldville)
Keywords: Lingala, reader, Egide De Boeck, Scheut, Congo, colonial education, colonial schools.
Annales Æquatoria 25(2004) 7-94