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THE aptitude of the Bantu when brought into contact with new ideas is sometimes almost startling. One cannot foresee whether he is likely to display remarkable aptitude or stark incapacity. A question, for example, that psychologists might investigate is why the average African native can quickly learn to handle a complicated agricultural tractor or compressed air drill, while the most sophisticated of them seem quite incapable of running a small country store (or general shop) on their own account.
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STOKES, F. Aptitudes of the Bantu. Nature 138, 1059 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/1381059a0
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