Bushi (region)
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Bushi is a cultural and common linguistic region located in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, primarily within the South Kivu province. It lies along the Mitumba Mountains and
Two Shi women at a wedding in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Kamanyola high plateau situated in the Ruzizi Plain within the Ngweshe Chiefdom
The Royal Court of Kabare Chiefdom, located in Kabare Territory, is also under the chieftaincy of the Bashi, who predominantly reside there
Diffusion of the Shi (Bashi) ethnic group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
White Fathers
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The White Fathers, officially known as the Missionaries of Africa and abbreviated MAfr, are a Catholic society of apostolic life of pontifical right for men. They were founded in 1868 by Charles Lavig
Bushi (region)
…shaped by colonial-era research, with research disproportionately centered on the chiefdoms of Kabare and Ngweshe and influenced by the policies of the White Fathers. These missionaries advanced a doctrine in which traditional chiefs were to serve as intermediaries between colonial authorities and the local population…
Charles-Martial Allemand-Lavigerie
The first convent in Maison-Carrée (now El-Harrach), near Algiers, French Algeria.
Cypress Grove House, home of the White Fathers in Ireland
General House in Rome