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Social Problems and Research in British West Africa. Part II

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 August 2012

Raymond Firth
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In the first part of this article an account was given of the present situation in the British West African Colonies, of some of the problems now existing, or likely to arise, and of the contribution which might be made by sociological research to their solution.

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Research Article
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Africa , Volume 17 , Issue 3 , July 1947 , pp. 170 - 180
Copyright
Copyright © International African Institute 1947

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page 170 note 1 The first part of this article was published in Africa, vol. xvii, no. 2, April 1947Google Scholar.

page 171 note 1 A very useful beginning to such studies has already been made by Dr. Harris, J., Africa, vol. xiv, no. 6 (1944)Google Scholar.

page 171 note 2 Recent well-known studies of this type are those of the Yakö by Professor C. D. Forde; the Nupe by S. F. Nadel; the Tallensi by Dr. M. Fortes. Dr. Fortes has also recently concluded a study of the Ashanti.

page 172 note 1 For a survey of the cattle trade in Nigeria by Jones, G. I., see Africa, vol. xvi, no. 1 (1946), pp. 29 seqqCrossRefGoogle Scholar.

page 175 note 1 The economic development of the south demanded a clarification of titles; the money to be made, from mining royalties and from cocoa, helped to give a spur to conflicting land claims; the situation was further complicated by stool disputes, pledging of lands and the acquisition of prescriptive rights by cultivators; litigation proved expensive and caused bitterness, while government proposals for the land became a political issue. No general solution has yet been found, but land transactions still proceed.

page 177 note 1 Since this was written, a psychiatrist, Dr. Geoffrey Tooth, has been at work in the Gold Coast on these and allied problems.