Abstract
A BRIEF note on the work of the Rhodes-Livingstone Institute since its inception in 1937 prefaces a contribution on "Anthropology as a Public Service"by Mr. Godfrey Wilson in the current issue of Africa (13, 1; January 1940). This Institute, it may be remembered, was founded largely through the efforts and interest of Sir Hubert Young, then governor of Northern Rhodesia, and was the first institute for systematic sociological research to be established in colonial Africa. In the words of the founders, it was intended "as a contribution to the scientific efforts now being made in various quarters to examine the effect upon native African society of the impact of European civilization. "In the first instance, funds were asked for three years only, with a view to a special appeal in 1940, a year specially linked with the two men whom the Institute commemorates. It is the centenary year of Livingstone's departure for Africa and the jubilee year of the foundation of the two Rhodesias by Cecil Rhodes.
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Rhodes-Livingstone Institute, Northern Rhodesia. Nature 145, 255 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145255c0
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