Recent Developments in Nigeria

Mr. Niven is President of the Northern House of Assembly, Nigeria.He gave the address which follows before a joint meeting ofthe Royal African Society and the Royal Empire Society on January27. Colonel J. D. R. Tilney, J.P., T.D., M.P., was in the chair.     

News out of Africa

Major Patrick Wall, M.C., VJLD., Member of Parliament for Haltemprice,Chairman of the Conservative Parliamentary East and CentralAfrica Committee, and Mr. Brian F. Macdona, Vice-Chairman ofCouncil and a general manager of Barclays Bank D.C.O., spokeon different aspects of the African scene at a joint meetingof the Royal African Society and the Royal Commonwealth Societyon May 5, 1960. Sir John Macpherson, G.C.M.G., Permanent Under-Secretaryfor the Colonies, took the chair.     

Tanganyika Triumph

The Commissioner for the East African Common Services Organisation,gave the following address at a joint meeting of the Royal AfricanSociety and the Royal Commonwealth Society on December 7, 1961.Col. Sir Charles Ponsonby, Bt., a Vice-President of the Society,took the chair.     

East African Development

This article represents the bulk of the speech by the Kenyapolitician now member of the E. African Central Assembly, toa joint meeting with the Royal Empire Society, under the Chairmanshipof Roger Norton, C.M.G., O.B.E., the East African Commissionerin London.     

Social Development in the Gezira Scheme

Mr. Beer is Social Development Officer of the Sudan Gesira Scheme.He gave the address which follows at a joint meeting of theRoyal African and Royal Empire Societies on July 22. He wasintroduced by Mr. Arthur Gaitskell, C.M.G., who presided.     

The First Year of Federation

This is the text of an address given by Sir Gilbert Rennie beforethe Royal African Society and the Royal Empire Society on October7, with Sir Miles Thomas, D.F.C., in the chair. Sir Gilbertis High Commissioner for the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasalandin London. He was Governor of Northern Rhodesia from 1947 tothe time of his appointment as Federal High Commissioner onApril 1, 1954. Sir Gilbert was Chief Secretary in Kenya from1939 to 1947. He held the post of Financial Secretary for theGold Coast before that. He served in the Ceylon Civil Servicesfrom 1920 to 1937, when he took up his appointment on the GoldCoast.     

Studies in War-time Organisation: (6) East African Command.

This is an abridgement of a lecture which Gen. Platt gave onthe 31st October at a combined meeting with the Royal EmpireSociety. It has been included in the series on wartime organisationbecause the East Africa Command is possibly the most remarkableexample of the impact of war in the whole of the African Continent.Gen. Platt was, of course, G.O.C., 1941–44.     

Britain and Ghana's Economy

This talk was given by the British High Commissioner in Ghanaat a meeting of the Royal African Society and the Royal CommonwealthSociety on June 6, 1963. General Sir Frank Simpson, G.B.E.,K.C.B., D.S.O., D.L., adviser to the West African Committee,took the chair     

The Importance of the South African Mining Industry

The address that follows was given by the South African HighCommissioner at a joint meeting of the Royal African Societyand the Royal Commonwealth Society on April 2, 1959, Sir PercivaleLiesching, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., former U. K. High Commissionerin South, Africa, took the chair.     

Death of Sir Ernest Oppenheimer

Sir Ernest Oppenheimer, chairman of Anglo American Corporationand De Beers Consolidated Mines, who was a Vice-President ofthe Royal African Society, died at Johannesburg on November15, 1957. He was 77 and had been in uncertain health for somemonths.     

Sierra Leone in the Post-War World

The address that follows was given by the Commissioner for SierraLeone and Gambia at a joint meeting of the Royal African Societyand the Royal Commonwealth Society on March 5, 1959. Sir HilaryBlood, G.B.E., K.C.M.G., took the chair.     

The Legal Factor in a Changing Africa

The address which follows was given before a joint meeting ofthe Royal African Society and the Royal Empire Society on July22, 1955. The meeting was arranged to coincide with the Commonwealthand Empire Legal Conference, and Colonel Charles Ponson by,T.D., D.L., presided.     

The Problem of African Advancement on the Copperbelt of Northern Rhodesia

The following is an address which was given by Mr. R. L. Prainat a joint meeting of the Royal African Society with the RoyalEmpire Society. He is Chairman of the Rhodesian Selection Trust,which controls the mines at Luanshya and Mufulira.     

Some Aspects of the Sudan Economy

The address that follows was given by His Excellency Sayed AwadSatti, the Sudanese Ambassador in London, to a joint meetingof the Royal African Society and the Royal Empire Society onNovember 1, 1956. Lt.-Col. Sir Stewart Symes, G.B.E., K.C.M.G.,D.S.O., a former Governor-General of the Sudan, took the Chair.     

Africa's New Look

This address was given by the colonial editor of "The Times"to a joint meeting of the Royal African Society and Royal EmpireSociety on April 4, 1957. Mr. Arthur Gaitskell, C.M.G., presided.     

After Independence in East Africa

This talk by the Director of the Overseas Development Institutewas given to a joint meeting of the Royal African Society andthe Royal Commonwealth Society on February 1, 1962. Sir JamesRobertson, G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., K.B.E., took the chair.     

Eight Years of Transition in Ghana

Sir Charles Arden-Clarke, G.C.M.G., formarly Governor-Generalof Ghana, gave the address which follows at a joint meetingof the Royal African Society and the Royal Empire Society onNovember 21, 1957. Miss Margery Perham, C.B.E., presided.     

The Future in Angola

Mr. Martelli, who was until recently special correspondent for"The Daily Telegraph" in the Congo and Angola, gave the addressthat follows to a joint meeting of the Royal African Societyand the Royal Commonwealth Society on June 7, 1962. The Earlof Listowel G.C.M.G., took the chair     

Race and Opportunity in South Africa Today

Mr. George Golding, who is President of the South African ColouredPeople's Association and a well-known educationist, gave theaddress that follows to a joint meeting of the Royal AfricanSociety and the Royal Commonwealth Society on July 12, 1962.Lord Fraser of Lonsdale, CH., C.B.E., a member of the LondonCommittee of the South Africa Foundation, took the chair     

Prospects and Progress in the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

Mr. Mason, who is Director of the Institute of Race Relations,London, gave the address that follows at a joint meeting ofthe Royal African Society and Royal Commonwealth Society onOctober 5, 1961. Sir Gilbert Rennie G.B.E, K.C.M.G., M.C., formerHigh Commissioner for the Federation in London, took the chair.