Joseph Roger de Benoist (2 August 1923 – 15 February 2017) was a French missionary, journalist, and historian. His main areas of study were French West Africa and the history of the Catholic Church in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in Senegal, where he lived for several decades. Biography Father Joseph Roger de Benoist was part of the congregation of the White Fathers. He was born in Meudon and graduated from Lille Graduate School of Journalism with a doctorate in history. Joseph Roger de Benoist was made Knight (1988) and then Officer (1997) of the French Legion of Honour. He was also an Officer in the Ordre national du Lion du Sénégal (1993). he died, aged 93, in Bry-sur-Marne, France. Works La balkanisation de l'Afrique occidentale francaise, (foreword by Léopold Sédar Senghor), 1979 L'Église catholique et la naissance des nouvelles nations en Afrique occidentale francophone, 1981 L'Afrique occidentale française de la Conférence de Brazzaville (1944) à l'indépendance (1960) (foreword by Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow), 1982 Les missionnaires catholiques du Soudan français et de la Haute-Volta entrepreneurs et formateurs d'artisans, 1983 Colonisation et évangélisation, 1985 Église et pouvoir colonial au Soudan français : les relations entre les administrateurs et les missionaires catholiques dans la Boucle du Niger, de 1885 à 1945 (foreword by Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch), 1987 L'hebdomadaire catholique dakarois "Afrique Nouvelle" et la décolonisation de l'AOF, 1986 Félix Éboué et les missions catholiques, 1987 L'Église catholique en Afrique : deux millénaires d'histoire, 1991 Gorée, Guide de l'île et du Musée historique, 1993 (in collaboration with Abdoulaye Camara) Le Mali, 1998 Histoire de Gorée, 2003 (in collaboration with Abdoulaye Camara, Françoise Descamps, Xavier Ricou and James Searing) Léopold Sédar Senghor (with a testimony by Cheikh Hamidou Kane), 1998 Histoire de l'Église catholique au Sénégal : du milieu du XVe siècle à l'aube du troisième millénaire, 2008 See also Gorée History of Senegal References External links Interview La balkanisation de l'Afrique Occidentale Française - webAfriqa L’Afrique occidentale française de la Conférence de Brazzaville (1944) à l'indépendance (1960) - webAfriqa Presentation of his latest book and short biography 1923 births 2017 deaths French Roman Catholic missionaries White Fathers priests French journalists Historians of Africa French male non-fiction writers Roman Catholic missionaries in Senegal French expatriates in Senegal