This is what Lord Frederick Lugard said about African males in his book, The Dual Mandate in British Africa, 1926. Lord Lugard was a British soldier and colonial administrator, who was the first Governor-General the colony an ... read full comment
This is what Lord Frederick Lugard said about African males in his book, The Dual Mandate in British Africa, 1926. Lord Lugard was a British soldier and colonial administrator, who was the first Governor-General the colony and Protectorate of Nigeria from 1914 to 1919. It was his wife Flora Shaw coined the name Nigeria (derivative of Nigger, meaning Black).
"In character and temperament, the typical African of this race type is a happy, thriftless excitable person...lacking in self control, discipline, and foresight, naturally courageous.... and polite, full of personal vanity with little sense of veracity...loving weapon as an oriental loves jewelry... his mind is far nearer to the animal world than that of European or Asiatic.... He lacks the power of organization, is conspicuously deficient in the management and control of men and business. He loves the display of power but fails to realize its responsibilities....he will work hard with less incentive than most races... the two traits which have impressed me as most characteristics nature are his lack of apprehension and his lack of ability to visualize the future...in brief, the virtues and defects of this race-type are those of attractive children," (page 70)
This is what Lord Frederick Lugard said about African males in his book, The Dual Mandate in British Africa, 1926. Lord Lugard was a British soldier and colonial administrator, who was the first Governor-General the colony an ...
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