简介：LeMalentenduColonial/TheColonialMisunderstandingexaminesChristianevangelismastheforerunnerofEuropeancolonialisminAfrica,andastheideologicalmodelNorth-Southrelationships.Ontheoccasionofthecentenaryofthe1904GermangenocideoftheHereropeople,itnotablyconsidersthemissionaries'roleinNamibia. ThefilmrevealshowcolonialismdestroyedAfricanbeliefsandsocialsystems,replacingthemwithEuropeanonespromotedastheonlyacceptableroutetomodernity.AsProf.F.KanguéEwanésaysinthefilm:“IcanforgiveWesternersfortakingawaymyland…butnotfortakingawaymymindandsoul.” TheColonialMisunderstandingthuscontinuesthereflectionthatdirectorJean-MarieTenosoeloquentlybeganinAfrique,jeteplumeraionAfrica'swayforwardinthe21stcentury,which,hecontends,mustbebasedonarevaluationandreassertionofindigenousbeliefsandcultures.…