Tempels defended African cultural independence alongside the Negritude movement.

Evidence

Force is the very nature of being. “Force is being. Being is force”. This affirmation of Tempels invites us to reflect. Already we can consider Placide Tempels as the guardian and defender of the African identity in front of the Western colonisers. Together with the men of the African Negritude Movement, he can be considered one of the advocates of a new awareness of cultural independence of the African people vis a vis the European people. — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 201

Categorization

• XREF: The Negritude parallel connects to how an outsider missionary could prefigure African cultural nationalism.