Collège et Lycée Raponda Walker


Collège et Lycée Raponda Walker is in Port-Gentil, the second largest city in Gabon. The school has just over a thousand pupils. Since 1975 it has been named for André Raponda Walker, a writer and the first Catholic priest in Gabon.

History

The school was started in 1930 in the grounds of the new church of St. Louis by Father René Lefèbre. The school was named then after the church.
In 1949, the school was taken over by the Brothers of St. Gabriel, but it was not until 1965 that a section for girls was introduced. In 1969, the school started mixed classes.
In 1975, the school took on its existing name which is in honour of the first Gabonese person to be ordained as a catholic priest.

Notable alumni