The African Training Institute was a religious Christian institution set up to educate children in Africa. It was established in Colwyn, Wales by the Reverend William Hughes under the name Congo Training Institute (or Congo House) in 1889 to educate children of the Congo.[1][2] Leopold II, the king of Belgium, was the sponsor of the institution. The institute also attracted pupils from Cameroon, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and the United States. The pupils also received training in handicrafts. In 1912 William Hughes faced bankruptcy after he lost a libel case, and as a result the institution closed.
References edit
- ^ H. Chadwick, "The African Training Institute, Colwyn Bay" Journal of the Royal African Society, Volume 3, No. 9 pp.104-106, Oct. 1903 JSTOR
- ^ David Killington, "William Hughes and the Colwyn Bay Institute."in Europe as the Other: External Perspectives on European Christianity ed. Brian Stanley, Judith Becker p.192-, 2014, Google Books
Further reading edit
- Draper, Christopher a Lawson-Reay, John. Scandal at Congo House: William Hughes and the African Institute, Colwyn Bay (Llanrwst, Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 2012).