Évolué
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In the Belgian and French colonial empires, an évolué was an African who had been Europeanised through education and assimilation and had accepted European values and patterns of behaviour. Évolués sp
Évolués in the Belgian Congo studying medicine in Medical School of Yakusu Hospital, near Kisangani.
A social club in the Belgian Congo, c. 1943.
Félix Houphouët-Boigny
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Félix Houphouët-Boigny, affectionately called Papa Houphouët or Le Vieux, was an Ivorian politician and physician who served as the first president of Ivory Coast, from 1960 until his death in 1993. A
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…Belgium. The évolué system was also present in French Africa. Well-known évolués include Léopold Sédar Senghor, the first president of Senegal, and Félix Houphouët-Boigny, who held multiple ministerial posts in France and later became the first president of Ivory Coast. Colon statue…
Houphouët-Boigny in 1962
The Palais Bourbon, where Houphouët-Boigny was appointed to the territorial commission
Houphouët-Boigny in 1958
Boigny with Israeli prime minister Golda Meir, 1962