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which may exist. These may not
be ultra because France does not
require highly trained people for
her colonial service.
Her administrators are apt To
be people who received their jobs
Rs political patronage. II the elite
Africans are not wise, however.
they fall for social Establishment
and soon adopt the same c0nde-
sccnding attitude toward the
humber African that the whites
have.
France ought TO do better. She
has at least rs black deputies In
tho French Parliament In Paris.
representing West Africa and the
West Indies. Officially she reports
~ "cOlored' delegates, but some
Of those are Arabs and North
Africans. The African and West
Indian delegates. instead Of form
ing a solid block u work for the
bettorment of colonial areas, are
split up AZ widely as there arc
parties Ia France.
Most Of them are In the Com.
munist section. but not Mons,
senghOr. representing Senegal,
one Of tho Rblest members OF
Frances Parliament regardless
Of race. Their wide divergence
prevents them from being an Of
fective political force,
France has another bright star
In her crown besides tho represent
tAtiOn In her parliament. She
made one OF the blacklist OF her
COlonials, keliN Ebous, governor
general OF French Equatorial
Africa, the largest single colony
on the continent.
Despite the far greater number
Of highly educated and brilliant
Africans In the British domain,
many OF them skilled Rs heads OF
African manned stats, no Afri-
can has ever been elevated 10 a
Job such an u gOvernorship. 10 far
AZ could learn none has ever
been asagned to u post where he
directed the fortunes Of u large
number Of whites In the British
colonial service.
NShru's Position Comparable
To Eboue
The British Empire has no
comparable representation In q
job such as Eboue held In any OF
her colonies, Pandit Nchru. sit
ting Ia the empire council, might
be 10 regarded. lie would not be u
fair comparison however, be-
cause Judging Nshru In the close
up opportunity I had to soc him.
he IL an ArtAtOcrat 10 the manor
born. I understand that Nehru
though brown. regards himself M
superior 10 most white
people In tho world.
Had Anti. BFlttah Attitude
When I frat visited Africa, l
went OonfeaSedly with an already
u.British attitude.
I assumed because OF what I had
always heard. that the British
were standing with their heels ON
the heCkH OF their African vas
sails, Later. was TO discover that
while Britain comes In for a
great deal OF oritiCism, much Of Il
deserved, II was France. Belgium
and Portugal whose attitudes
were more truly tyrannical. All
of this leaves out South Africa,
whore the Dutch or Afrikaancra
are the most lntolerant and most
vicious opponents OF race relations
In the entire world at the mo-
mcnt.
West Africans speak Out
Ironically. ono OF the reasons
Great Britain finds herself the
butt Of criticism moro than other
colonial powers In because ahe
has permitted 10 many more
particularly from West
Africa, 10 secure good eduoations.
The West Africans arp able 10
speak out. to make their voices
heard and To develop programs
Of resistance.
There Rre many British West
Africans students at schools In
England and the United States,
and the number Is rapidly In
,reaAing. British East Africa il
mother question. White British
settlers IN Kenya. TRnganyika.
Uganda and Rhodesia frown on
African students leaving the
or at least the empire.
There arc practically no French |
students In the United |
States, and as for Belgium and |
Portugal, their programs for cdu-
alton are strictly limited to pro
riding clerks and workers who
an help carry ON government
md business in their colonies.
Rationalistic movements such
" the National Council OF Niger
a and the CAmeroons. headed by
BILE Nnamdi AEikewe and Mbono
)Jikc, both educated In the Unit
d states; or the highly radical
Peoples Party In the
iold Coast, Of which Lincoln u.
Jailed Kwams Nkrumah
the leader. are strong and
OcaL These groups are serving
D speed up changes In colonial
Fnlion and IN hiring aalf-