ABSTRACT
In the period between the Second World War and independence, the Church continued to navigate a somewhat ambivalent course between the Africans and the colonial powers. On the political plane, it continued to permit its clerics to take independent stands on the issues as they saw fit. On the social plane, it continued to expand its non-religious activities to make itself increasingly relevant to the Africans. At the same time, these were years of turmoil both in the country and the Church itself, and in its response to external and internal events the Church became increasingly attentive to African needs and wishes.
