ABSTRACT
The Bantu, who at the beginning of the nineteenth century were living as primitive a life as the Britons at the time of Cæsar’s invasion, have been compelled to become part of a civilization in which mechanical inventions and financial manipulation control the lives of all. For the greater number of the tribes the beginnings of this change were felt only fifty years ago. The history of Japan offers the nearest parallel to this sudden transition. But in that country the impaƸt of Western civilization was met by a people who had a developed civilization of their own, and who were united by a strong consciousness of nationality. But the Bantu were divided, unsettled; they were ignorant of the elements of trade; and they could offer no resistance of any kind. Yet as part of this new civilization they must adjust themselves to its demands or perish. A consideration of some of the difficulties soon shows how great a part economic forces are playing in the process of adjustment and how small a part is played by any direƸted system of education.
