ABSTRACT
This chapter examines both the archetype of the British as a race and the characteristics of the archetypal British empire-builder. It lists the different archetypes of natives which the author believe it is possible to discern in the cinema of Empire, and people must now look at them more fully. The converse of British respect for the fighting native is British contempt for the educated native. This contempt almost certainly stemmed from fear that if the native acquired an education and learned the secrets of the Western World he might come to believe that he was capable of governing himself. The film opens with Sanders of the River ill with malaria and about to go on leave. He gives an audience to Bosambo, who announces that his brother M'Bapi is returning from education in England, and asks for drink to celebrate his arrival.
