All God's Children Documentary

In Season 2, we’re interviewing CAJ alumni who are working on bringing to light abuse that occurred some decades ago at CAJ. Content warning: we will be discussing various types of abuse experienced by children in these episodes. For more information about the investigation into abuse at CAJ, please see our website here.Note this episode was recorded in December 2021. Apologies for the poor audio quality!In this episode, we discuss All God's Children, a documentary by Scott Solary and Luci Westphal about Mamou Alliance Academy in Guinea and the stories of the children who were abused there. As adults, the Mamou abuse survivors called on the Christian and Missionary Alliance for years until finally the CMNA acknowledged the abuse and Mamou became the first boarding school for children of protestant missionaries to be publicly investigated for abuse. The investigation of the Mamou Alliance Academy was the first of its kind but has since inspired investigations at other Christian schools, including CAJ.We summarize the documentary, discuss the connections to the work of CAJ abuse survivor advocates, and talk about the risk factors for abuse in Christian communities. The documentary can be watched on Youtube here.Relevant Resources:Learn more about the documentary here.Missionary Kids Safety NetHow White Rule Ended in Missions - Christianity TodayWhite Supremacist Ideas Have Historical Roots In U.S. Christianity - NPRWhite American Christianity Needs to Be Honest About Its History of White Supremacy - TimeGuess Who’s Coming to Dinner: American Missionaries, Racism, and Decolonization in the Congo - Organization of American Historians This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit radicalhealingpod.substack.com