évolué

300px|thumb| in the Belgian Congo studying [[medicine in Medical School of Yakusu Hospital, near Kisangani.]] In the Belgian and French colonial empires, an '''''' (, 'evolved one' or 'developed one') was an African who had been Europeanised through education and assimilation and had accepted European values and patterns of behaviour. spoke French and followed European rather than indigenous laws, usually held white-collar jobs (though rarely higher than clerks), and lived primarily in urban areas.

==Belgian colonies== In the Belgian Congo (modern-day Democratic Republic of the Congo), most emerged from the Congolese who filled skilled positions (such as clerks and nurses) made available by the economic boom in the country following World War II. Colonial administrators defined an as "a man having broken social ties with his group, [and] having entered another system of motivations, another system of values." While there were no universal criteria for determining status, it was generally accepted that one would have "a good knowledge of French, adhere to Christianity, and have some form of post-primary education."