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Book SynopsisIn West African Countries and Peoples, published in 1868, Sierra Leone-born doctor James Africanus Beale Horton (18351883) refutes derogatory Victorian racial ideas about Africans. He was also considered an early proponent of African independence because he examines the potential of self-government almost 100 years before decolonisation.
Table of ContentsPart I. West African Countries and Peoples, and the Negro's Place in Nature: 1. Description of the original and uncivilized state of the native tribes; 2. The origin, dangers, and progressive development of the Liberian Republic; 3. Exposition of erroneous views respecting the African; 4. False theories of modern anthropologists; 5. Some anatomical accounts of Negro physique; 6. The progressive advancement of the Negro race under civilizing influence; Part II. African Nationality: 7. General observations: self-government of the Gambia; 8. Self-government of Sierra Leone: Kingdom of Sierra Leone; 9. Self-government of the Gold Coast; 10. Self-government of the Gold Coast: Kingdom of Fantee; 11. Self-government of the Gold Coast: Republic of Accra; 12. Self-government of Lagos and its interior countries: Kingdom of the Akus; 13. Empire of the Eboes; Part III. Requirements of the Various Colonies and Settlements: 14. Requirements of Sierra Leone; 15. Requirements of the Gambia; 16. Requirements of the Gold Coast; 17. Requirements of Lagos; Some remarks on the Republic of Liberia; 18. Concluding remarks; advice to the rising generation in West Africa; Index.
