ABSTRACT
The African is a much maligned man. Every other person but himself has expatiated on his mentality and character. Every white man that goes to the Coast seems to be under the impression that the Native has no faculties for reasoning; that his thinking is largely to be done by others and that he ought to be sufficiently grateful for such gratuitous services I It must be granted that it is hard to understand the complex mind of the illiterate African, but—and here is the wonder—it is harder still to appreciate the viewpoint of the literate African I And all this muddle and confusion in ideas exists solely because people will not condescend to study the psychology of the African!
