International records / OpenAlex research

Margaret Wrong Medal, 1954

From the point of view of the historian in Great Britain or the United States, it is unfortunate that most of this material is to be found only in Nigeria. It i also unfortunately true that there are as yet only a few qualified African historians. If the material is to be used at any time in the near future, it will have to be through the generosity of the British and American foundations which can make it possible for the historian to spend enough time in Nigeria to produce such detailed studies as have been made in the field of anthropology, and to master enough of the principal vernaculars,…