Rethinking Social Distinction, J.-P. Daloz

The Leopard, the Lion, and the Cock

“…232 Other scholars assert that students of Belgian colonial history clearly have reacted to public debates about the past by allowing their research, and conclusions, to be guided by public interests, and their work in turn has influenced far-reaching cultural works; examples of the latter being Van Reybrouck's play Missie and his blockbuster Congo: A History. 233 Congolese contributions to the historiography of the Belgian colonial past have increased, for example the work of Osumaka Likaka and Didier Gondola, both based in the U.S.; Isidore Ndaywel È Nziem and Jean-Marie Mutamba, based in the Congo; Elikia M'Bokolo, who lives between Paris and Kinshasa; among others. At independence in 1960, there had been virtually no African students of higher education.…”