WEST AFRICANS
. THE GAMBIA, by Lady Southorn; Allen and Unwin. English price, 21/-. EAR loyal little Gambia" was the comment of the Chief Guide-Lady Baden Powell. This also is the comment of Lady Southorn, wife of a former Governor of the oldest British colony in | West Africa, in her charming account of _the history and preserit state of "the | Gambia"-4000 square miles of territory | along 300 miles of a great river, with hotels, and a population of 250,000 | Moslems, "simple peaceful villagers," | mainly occupied in growing peanuts ‘which provide 95 per cent. of the ex- | ports. On one page there is mention of the Busy Bees Girls’ Club for African girls in Bathurst, in another place an account of the megoliths of Senegal and Gambia-the stone circles. But don’t be deceived: Lady Southorn lives in the second half of the 20th century. She says, "The Gambia is backward in health, agriculture and education and the reason is lack of money... it is a debt
— we owe to these people... There should
be no half measures."
W. B.
Sutch
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 727, 19 June 1953, Page 14
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178WEST AFRICANS New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 727, 19 June 1953, Page 14
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