López Sánchez, José MaríaLérida Jiménez, Alba2024-01-312024-01-312023López Sánchez, José María, y Alba Lérida Jiménez. «CSIC scientists and scholars in Africa: visual, colonial, and scientific action». Culture & History Digital Journal 12, n.o 1 (11 de mayo de 2023): e003. https://doi.org/10.3989/chdj.2023.003.10.3989/chdj.2023.003https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/96944This article deals with the role played by science, scientific institutions, and the administrative apparatus of Francoism in the construction of a particular version of Africanism. The Institute of African Studies, part of CSIC, was created by the Prime Minister through the General Secretary of Morocco and the Colonies. Together with them, a large group of Africanist (journalists, army officers, scholars) from the Institute of Political Studies manoeuvred in the 1940s to create a colonial institute from which to deploy scientific action in Africa. This was interpreted as a mission not only to justify their irredentist positions about Africa but also to reinforce the legitimacy of the dictatorial regime.engjournal article2253-797Xhttps://doi.org/10.3989/chdj.2023.003open accessAfricanismColonial powerHumanidades55 Historia