Seminary of Ngazobil

1863 · Ngazobil, Mbour

In 1863, Catholic missionaries founded a seminary at Ngazobil, near Mbour, on the Petite Côte of Senegal. It is one of the oldest Catholic educational institutions in sub-Saharan Africa. For more than a century, it trained priests and intellectuals who contributed to the dialogue between Christian faith and African culture.

Sources

• AllAfrica — séminaire de Ngazobil, premier lieu d'apprentissage de Senghor
• Persée — H. Koren, Les spiritains : trois siècles d’histoire religieuse et missionnaire (compte rendu, 1984)
• OpenEdition — Les Spiritains : trois siècles d’histoire missionnaire (1703-2003) (Chrétiens et sociétés)

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