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Excerpt from Nigerian Studies, or the Religious and Political System of the Yoruba
Administrators and missionaries are Often blamed for adopting methods of administration or evangelising which we all know are not suited to the uplifting of the negro race. Destructive criticism of such methods is easy, and in this case, where both parties have sincerely done their best, quite unnecessary. The construction of a correct native policy is much harder to build up, and it is a question whether we yet have sufficient data to work with any certainty. I have been very much struck with Dr. Arthur Keith''s first series of Hunterian lectures on the Anatomy and Relationships of the Negro and Negroid Races. There he expresses the opinion that before further progress can be made in anthropological investigation it will be necessary to revise our methods, substitut ing for the present empirical measurements others founded on a more certain and scientific basis.
In the following pages I have approached the study Of the native from a philosophical (in the Old-fashioned sense Of the word) point of view.
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Administrators and missionaries are Often blamed for adopting methods of administration or evangelising which we all know are not suited to the uplifting of the negro race. Destructive criticism of such methods is easy, and in this case, where both parties have sincerely done their best, quite unnecessary. The construction of a correct native policy is much harder to build up, and it is a question whether we yet have sufficient data to work with any certainty. I have been very much struck with Dr. Arthur Keith''s first series of Hunterian lectures on the Anatomy and Relationships of the Negro and Negroid Races. There he expresses the opinion that before further progress can be made in anthropological investigation it will be necessary to revise our methods, substitut ing for the present empirical measurements others founded on a more certain and scientific basis.
In the following pages I have approached the study Of the native from a philosophical (in the Old-fashioned sense Of the word) point of view.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Language - English
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R. E. Dennett
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ISBN - 9780260376428
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm
Page Count - 271
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R. E. Dennett
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ISBN - 9781333364113
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm
Page Count - 273
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