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Alexis Kagame Biographie et Bibliographie - English
URL: http://www.aequatoria.be/BiblioKagame.html

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Alexis Kagame was a Rwandan Catholic priest from the diocese of Kabgayi. He was known for his political opinions and for a comprehensive corpus of publications in the domains of literature and cultural philosophy. He was the editor-in-chief of Kinyamateka (1), a local periodical in Kinyruanda. Kagame was also in correspondence with Tempels and Hulstaert. At a certain moment, he tried to become a Jesuit priest (letter from 13-1-1948). Kagame began his scientific career with his stay in Rome where he receives his doctorate in philosophy in 1955. After this moment, the correspondence with Hulstaert became less intensive. But Hulstaert continued occasionally to ask for an article or a book review for Aequatoria. Kagame promised to send in some of these, but eventually only delivered two texts (published in Aequatoria 16(1953)89-92 and 23(1960)146-147).

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KAGAME, Alexis, Rwanda, Catholic - English
URL: http://www.gospelcom.net/dacb/stories/rwanda/kagame_alexis.html

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Kagame was born into a family of court historians and soon became intimately familiar with the oral traditions of the Tutsi. His family converted to Catholicism after World War I, and Kagame attended both a missionary school as well as one for the sons of chiefs. He entered a seminary in 1929 and was ordained in 1941. By 1938, while still a seminarian, he was an editor of a Catholic newspaper. He also taught at the novitiate of the Brothers of St. Joseph (Bayozefiti), which he continued to do for five years after his ordination. During this time Kagame became a close friend of King MUTARA III and rose to prominence in the country. Kagame's abilities would have been apparent under any conditions, but he had the good fortune of achieving public attention as Catholicism became a pervasive force in the country.

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Alexis Kagame --  Encyclopćdia Britannica - English
URL: http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=45332&tocid=0&query=alexis%20kagame

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Rwandan poet, historian, and Roman Catholic priest who introduced the written art, both in his own language, Kinyarwanda, and in French, to his country.

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Alexis Kagame - Society Pages - English
URL: http://www.ezatta.com/society/dir/Alexis_Kagame/index.shtml

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African Writers Index: Rwandan Literature/Littérature Rwandaise - English
URL: http://www.geocities.com/africanwriters/Countries/AuthorsRwanda.html

A complete and comprehensive index of african writers, literary movements, news, latest books and much more...

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