Aupiais, Francis
1877-1945
Aupiais, François
1877-1945
Pour une reconnaissance africaine, 1996: (statement of resp. not cited)
BL H&SS, 1 May 1997: (hdg.: Aupiais, Francis, 1877-1945)
Cours et causeries pour "réhabiliter les Noirs", 2016: title page (Francis Aupiais) page 3 (Révérend Père Francis Aupiais (1877-1945))
Les Noirs : leurs aspirations, leur avenir, 1945: title page (François Aupiais, Provincial des Missions africaines de Lyon, Membre de l'Académie des sciences coloniales) title page verso (le R. P. François, Breton by origin; he was a missionary for 23 years in Dahomey, and for the last years, Superior of the Mission de Porto-Novo; he founded a journal of African regionalism and folklore there, la Reconnaissance africaine; returned to France in 1926; in 1933 he went on a scientific mission in Dahomey, from where he brought, other than a missionary film, ethnological films on the religious and cultural life of Dahomeans; he is currently Provincial de France, Société des Missions africaines de Lyon; he was received as a member of the Académie des sciences coloniales on May 25, 1939)
Wikipedia, Feb. 23, 2017 (Francis Aupiais (Saint-Père-en-Retz, 11 August 1877--14 December 1945) was a French Roman Catholic missionary, anthropologist, and writer. He briefly worked in Senegal before being sent to Dahomey.)
Dictionary of African Christian biography (online), viewed April 30, 2022 (Aupiais, Francis, 1877 to 1945, Catholic, Bénin; missionary, educator and ethnographer; entered the Society of African Missions (SMA) seminary in Lyon, France in 1902, ordained priest in 1902; upon his return to France from Benin in 1926, he studied at the newly opened Institute of Ethnology in Paris (1926-1928), and campaigned for an end to the French practice of forced labor in the colonies; had a high regard for traditional African religious, social, intellectual, and moral customs; concerned about effects of a radical rupture from tradition that mission schools required of his students, he promoted indigenous culture by including study of Dahomean folklore, songs, proverbs and sculpture in the curriculum; promoted training of an indigenous clergy; in 1929-1930 he made a documentary film on Catholic mission efforts in Dahomey, Le Dahomey Chrétien, and an ethnographic film of traditional religious ceremonies, Le Dahomey religieux; in March 1931 his superior, R. P. Chabert, censored the ethnographic film and prohibited him from showing it)
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Society of African Missions
Académie des sciences coloniales (France)
Université de Paris. Institut d'ethnologie
Missionaries
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