ABSTRACT
One might speak of laziness if the Native neglected the activities falling to his lot, which is really not the case. Nearly every man is in his spare time hunter or fisherman; he has bags, baskets, and hats to plait, nets to knit, cloth to weave and sew; there are drums, dug-outs, and mortars to carve; the house has to be thatched, a new fence round the homestead to be made, and a thousand other things have to be done, so that work is never lacking. The men have in addition to give their time and thought to the administration of public affairs. It is especially the practice of industries and crafts which pleasantly and usefully occupy the leisure times of the year. The artistic sense of the African is highly developed, and exhibitions of African art have found admirers in Europe.
