Year: 1950
Type: article
Abstract: Harvard.Subsidies had been granted to two missionaries in the Belgian Congo to enable them to pursue their studies of African peoples in this area.At the instance of the Commission des Sciences de l'Homme, IRSAC had subsidized the biometric researches carried out by Professor Dory under the auspices of the Institut National pour l'fitude agronomique du Congo Beige; had made a grant to the Centre pour l'fitude de l'Art Africain attached to the Musee du Congo Beige, and had given its support to the expedition to the Congo undertaken by Mile Boone for the purpose of preparing a revised edition of Les Peuplades du Congo Beige.Professor Olbrechts also refers to the assistance given by IRSAC to Miss Mary Tew, a research fellow of the International African Institute who is making a field study of the Bashilele of the Belgian Congo.
Source: Africa
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4241960457