„Jaki demon pchnął mnie do Afryki?” O podroży André Gide’a do Konga (1925–1926)

The aim of the article is to analyze André Gide’s views on the situation in the Congo, where the writer went as an official envoy of the Minister of the Colonies in 1926. His stay in Africa resulted in Voyage au Congo (1927). Gide’s observations of native inhabitants prompted  him to take a critical attitude towards the policy of France in the colony. Gide perceived the manifestations of pathology and inhumane treatment of the Africans by the colonizers, but he by no means undermined the system based on exploitation and the dominance of the white man. He saw the healing of the situation in enhancing the administration and increasing the educated staff of the colonial power.