ABSTRACT
The important factor to be considered with reference to a programme of education or culture change is the social structure of the people among whom the programme is to be set up. Although a number of writers have urged the desirability of conserving good elements believed to exist in 'Bantu communalism', 'African collectivism', and so on, few have offered concrete suggestions concerning the social structure, as designed to be of immediate or practical value. The problem of building a new social structure upon a solid foundation of the structure already in existence has been faced with all seriousness by some British African administrative officers. Insecurity must certainly increase with disruption of the social structure, and an increase in social security should be a factor tending ultimately to loosen the hold of witchcraft. Working within the kinship group may have disadvantages, but the greater disadvantage must come in attempting to ignore, or in working against, such natural bonds.
