Africa Disturbed

by Emory and Myrta Ross

Front Cover:

This is a very interesting old book about Africa and the African people. The book was published in 1959 by Friendship Press, New York. The book measures 6 ¼ inches by 8 ¼ inches and contains vii, 183 pages. The two toned brown cloth cover has gilt pictorial and title on the front and gilt title down the spine. The cover shows very minor signs of wear to the corners and to the top and bottom of the spine. The spine is tight and the hinges are strong. The pages are printed on good quality paper and show no signs of rips. Exceptions noted, the overall condition of this unusual old book is very good.


Title Page -Verso

Contents:

    Foreword
  1. Disturbed
  2. “On a Bridge”
  3. Doorstep - Hearth - Home
  4. The Drift
  5. Old Patterns and New
  6. Labor, Land, Cash, and Law
  7. The Impact of Communications
  9. The Press
  10. Radio and Films
  11. The Value of Art
  12. Music, Folklore, and Drama
  13. The Power of an Idea


Four of the five justices of the Supreme Court of Liberia hear a case.

Excerpt - Foreword:
“Changes Shake African Continent,” declare newspaper headlines in the United States. A television newscaster reports on newly independent African countries and on strikes and riots in Africa. Religious magazines speak of “Partnership, Not Paternalism” and the need for a new understanding of the ways in which the gospel must be expressed.

In 958, awareness of these revolutionary changes drew us back to Africa, which we had known since 1912. Our purpose was to prepare a book that would present Africans’ reactions to the impact of the West on their lives.

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“So much is written about Africans from the Westerner’s point of view,” an African friend told us. “If you really report what we say about ourselves we will be glad.”

We have tried to do that. In many cases, direct quotations are made and have been checked with those quoted. Sometimes we have paraphrased or combined views. Africans are diverse in origin, language, experience, and judgment. What is reported from any one region may not wholly represent another. These are the difficulties of writing about Africa, as about any land.

The moving masses of Africa will not be suppressed. The forces that the West has aroused must find outlets. Complete independence is the Africans’ goal. The movement toward total liberation has begun and cannot be held back…
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“We’re moving, changing from old to new”
Youngsters who live in the Congo meet at an exposition in Belgium.


“We are trying to teach our children…trust and responsibility”
Top: A young African and his son
Bottom: A government official in Kenya leaves his home for a day at the office.


His shop’s signs indicate the many services of this Freetown photographer.


The final illustration is that of a large fold out map in the back of the book.

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