Some Traits of the Kipsigis in Relation to their Contact with Europeans
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7553287 |
|---|---|
| Authors | I Q Orchardson (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1931 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 466-474 |
| Publication date | 1931-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Africa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0001-9720 • E-ISSN: 1750-0184 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1155433 |
| OpenAlex | W2057912552 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Opening Paragraph Because the African continent looks a solid block, and because most of its inhabitants are dark-skinned and woolly-haired, we are apt to treat it as if it were really homogeneous and devise some general plan for governing and educating the whole. For in one and the same man one rarely finds the capacity for both the wide and the detailed view. But how vastly different in character, customs, capacity, and life are the innumerable tribes and nations which make up Africa. Even in such a comparatively small area as Kenya, after grouping together the more similar tribes there are quite a number of divisions which, if the true interests of the people are not to be sacrificed, should have different treatment. Their future development will be different, and it is neither wise nor humane to attempt to coerce them all to a pattern, a pattern devised by a race so totally different, and without the requisite knowledge to consider what is truly best for each group of people, especially from its own point of view
Character (mathematics · Genealogy · Geography · Homogeneous · Paragraph · Point (geometry · Political science · Race (biology · Relation (database · Sociology · African history and culture analysis · Computer Science · Gender Studies · History · Law · Mathematics
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1979 - 2019 (41) |
| Highly cited | No |