Originally published in 1959 by a former Governor of Uganda and Head of the Africa Division of the former Colonial Office, this book is a concise exposition of British aims and methods in colonial Africa and the extent of British influence.
Originally published in 1959 by a former Governor of Uganda and Head of the Africa Division of the former Colonial Office, this book is a concise exposition of British aims and methods in colonial Africa and the extent of British influence, and the way the region was administered before the war with insufficient staff and money. The problems around the transfer of power in countries such as Ghana and Kenya are also discussed, along with the problems of government from Whitehall and local government.
Part
1. Africa and the West: Encounter and Period of Building
1. The
Encounter
2. The Period of Building Part
2. The Nation and the Tribe
1. The
New Policy and Its Causes
2. The Course of Constitutional Advance
3.
Nationalism and Tribal Loyalty
4. The Nationalist Part 3: The Tasks of
Government
1. The British Officer in the Field
2. The Governor and the
Central Government
3. The Governor and the Colonial Office Part 4: Africa and
the West: Needs of The Future
1. An African Economy
2. Deficiencies in the
African Economy
3. The Needs of the Future.
Andrew Cohen was a former Governor of Uganda from 1952-1957.
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