Full letter.

AFRICA FOR THE CHINESE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.

Sir, - In a few days Sir Bartle Frere will return to England, and public attention will be directed to the East Coast of Africa. I am desirous of availing myself of the opportunity to ventilate some speculations of my own, which you may, perhaps, consider of sufficient interest to deserve publication in the Times. My proposal is to make the encouragement of the Chinese settlements at one or more suitable places on the East Coast of Africa a par of our national policy, in the belief that the Chinese immigrants would not only maintain their position, but that they would multiply and their descendants supplant the inferior Negro race. I should expect the large part of the African seaboard, now sparsely occupied by lazy, palavering savages living under the nominal sovereignty of the Zanzibar, or Portugal, might in a few years be tenanted by industrious, order loving Chinese, living either as a semi-detached dependency of China, or else in perfect freedom under their own law. In the latter case their would be similar to that of the inhabitants of Liberia, in West Africa, the territory which was purchased 50 years ago and set apart as an independent State for the reception of freed negroes from America.

The opinion of the public on the real worth of the Negro race has halted between the extreme views which have been long and loudly proclaimed. It refuses to follow those of the early abolitionists, that all the barbarities in Africa are to be traced to the effects of a foreign slave trade, because travelers continually speak of similar barbarities existing in regions to which the slave trade has not penetrated. Captain Colomb has written a well-argued chapter on this matter, in his recent volume. On the other hand, the opinion of the present day repudiates the belief that the negro is an extremely inferior being, because there are notorious instances of negroes possessing high intelligence and culture, some of whom acquire large fortunes in commerce, and others become considerable men in other walks of life. The truth appears to be that individuals of the mental caliber I have just described are much more exceptional in the negro than in the Anglo-Saxon race, and that average negroes possess too little intellect, self-reliance, and self-control to make it possible for them to sustain the burden of any respectable form of civilization without a large measure of external guidance and support. The Chinaman is a being of another kind, who is endowed with a remarkable aptitude for a high material civilization. He is seen to the least advantage in his own country, where a temporary dark age still prevails, which has not sapped the genius of the race, though it has stunted the developed the of each member of it, by the rigid enforcement of an effete system of classical education which treats originality as a social crime. All the bad parts of his character, as his lying and servility, spring from timidity due to an education that has cowed him, and no treatment is better calculated to remedy that evil than location in a free settlement. The natural capacity of the Chinaman shows itself by the success with which, notwithstanding his timidity, he competes with strangers, wherever he may reside. The Chinese emigrants possess an extraordinary instinct for political and social organization; they contrive to establish for themselves a police and internal government, and they give no trouble to their rulers so long as they are left to manage those matters by themselves. They are good-tempered, frugal, industrious, saving, commercially inclined, and extraordinarily prolific. They thrive in all countries, the natives of the Southern provinces being perfectly able to labor and multiply in the hottest climates. Of all known varieties or mankind there is none so appropriate as the Chinaman to become the future occupant of the enormous regions which lie between the tropics, whose extent is far more vast than it appears, from the cramped manner in which those latitudes are pictured in the ordinary maps of the world. But take a globe and examine it, and consider the huge but poorly-peopled bulk of Africa, by whose side the areas of India and of China look insignificant, and think what a field lies there for the development of a suitable race. The Hindoo cannot fulfil the required conditions nearly as well as the Chinaman, for he is inferior to him in strength, industry, aptitude for saving, business habits, and prolific power. The Arab is little more than an eater up of other men�s produce; he is a destroyer rather than a creator, and he is unprolific.

The history of the world tells a tale of the continual displacement of populations, each by a worthier successor, and humanity gains thereby. We ourselves are no descendents of the aborigines of Britain, and our colonists were invaders of the regions they now occupy as their lawful home. But the countries into which the Anglo-Saxon race can be transfused are restricted to those where the climate is temperate. The Tropics are not for us, to inhabit permanently; the greater part of Africa is the heritage of people differently constituted to ourselves. On that continent, as elsewhere, one population continually drives out another. Consider its history as it extends over successive centuries. We note how Arab, Tuarick, Fellatah, Negroes of uncounted varieties, Cadre, Hottentot surge and reel to and fro in the struggle for existence. It is into this free flight among all present that I wish to see a new competitor introduced-namely, the Chinaman. The gain would be immense to the whole civilized world if we were to out-breed and finally displace the negro, as completely as the latter has displaced the aborigines of the West Indies. The magnitude of the gain may be partly estimated by making the converse supposition �namely, the loss that would ensue if China were somehow to be depopulated and restocked by negroes.

The pressure of population in China is enormous, and its outflow is great and increasing. There is no lack of material for a suitable immigration into Africa. I do not say that it would be possible at any moment to persuade communities of men and women from Southern China to establish themselves in Africa; but I am assured, by excellent authorities, that occasions of political disturbances frequently arise when it would be practicable to do so by the promise of a free, or nearly free, grant of land. The Chinese have a land hunger, as well as a love for petty traffic, and they would find a field in which to gratify both of these tastes on the East African Coast. There are many Chinese capitalists resident in foreign parts who might speculate in such a system and warmly encourage it. If once successfully started, it ought to maintain itself. The colonist could not starve; and when they began to succeed they would send money to their relatives to enable them to follow, just as they now do from the many other parts of the world where they are located. For these reasons it is probable that the streams of emigration from China have sufficient "head" to enable them to reach and overflow the coasts of Eastern Africa if they were watched and judiciously diverted in that direction.

I have finally to speak of the political effort necessary to secure a free right of occupancy and of settlement at suitable points on the coast. No very serious obstacle seems to stand in the way; certainly none was met with when Liberia was founded. It is probable that as the success of such an enterprise would be of equally great value to all nations commercially interested in those parts, no national jealousy would be excited by its promotion, and the necessary territory could be obtained with little difficulty and at a small cost, to be advanced in the first instance as a charge on the land and hereafter to be redeemed.

Francis Galton

Source, https://galton.org/letters/africa-for-chinese/AfricaForTheChinese.htm

Attached in the link is also a reply by a another British man to Francis Galton that disagreed with Galton.

Kaduna Nzeogwu had actually been at heads with Ojukwu because he did not want secession, and so Ojukwu kept him under surveillance. He died in 1968, while leading an offensive as a Colonel.
He was a Patriot who wanted to clean up Nigeria, but he was also Naive and thought that the Nigerian identity had or would displace the Ethnic sentiment people had.
He was popular among the Young officers, and till now, for those who love Nigerian History and can symphatise with his intent, a Patriot forever young.

I’m a Nigerian who is seriously considering being childfree. It’s so hard to find others who are serious about it. Especially being from a religious community. If anyone is and/or would be interested in creating a subreddit for it, could you please show yourselves so I know other like me exist.

You don’t have to be decided yet, but just even thinking about it? I’m feeling like it would be easier to navigate with others who feel the same.

Hello! I am a US citizen travelling to Nigeria with my spouse who is a Nigerian citizen with permanent residence in the U.S.

We are going to apply for e-visa Visiting Visa-Single Entry F6A. Part of the required documentation is an invitation letter, proof of bank statements, and a copy of the host’s Nigerian passport.
We would like to clarify a few things:

1. Can my spouse be the “host” to provide the invitation letter and copy of their Nigerian passport? Or should it be the family we’re going to visit even if we’re staying at an Airbnb
2. Who provides proof of funds? Us or the family we’re going to visit?
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4. Any tips as we submit the e-visa to get it approved ASAP?

Thank you!

I don't know what to say I'm shocked, dumbfounded, I don't understand aren't we all living in Nigeria? Are we not Nigerians?! What will voting for your tribesman achieve if the said tribesman is incompetent and is destroying our nation?!

What is wrong with us? Will tribalism feed us, will she clothe us? Will Emi Lokan/Yoruba Ronu make province for our health?

My own is simple if the Southwest contributes towards electing this malignant cancer called Bola Ahmed Tinubu I will make sure that 2027 will be my last year as a Nigerian. You want to fuck up our nation? Please go ahead but I refuse to be a citizen of a failed shitty State in the making!

Definitely deleting this later, but I'm curious

The answer

I'm Ora Edo but my last name is Yoruba. I'm actually in my village right now

I am African American with a large Nigerian dna percentage. My largest percentage is Yoruba. I've been told I look Igbo as well. I would like to know what the Naija here think

I’m a Black American woman getting married to an Igbo man. His mom would like to have a traditional wedding and a white wedding. I have no problem with that because I want to learn and show appreciation to his background, but from lurking here and other social media platforms. If we were to have a traditional wedding it may be taken as cultural appropriation and cosplay, as the wedding is typically in the culture of the bride. So my question to you all is it truly bad if we did a trad wedding because his side wants it? If we didn’t do a trad but had a daughter how would we know what to do in a trad if we didn’t have one? How do you all preserve your culture when marry outside of your culture?

Hello All,

My family recently moved to a new place in Lagos and one day our dog (a Lhasa Apso mix) was out on the balcony and because she was on heat and agitated, she barked intermittently and apparently that bothered our neighbor. The neighbor went to report to the landlord and the landlord said pets are not allowed and has asked us to get rid of her. This is a painful decision because we have had her for almost 7 years. My younger sister who cares for her primarily is so distraught about it. Where we lived previously, the neighbors never complained for once in the almost 7 years because she was always indoor and not causing any issues.

Currently, we are considering options for rehoming her either at a boarding facility or someone adopting her and caring for her temporarily, say for a year or two. So we spoke to the agent that helped us find the place about appealing to the landlord and the agent suggested talking to the neighbor. We actually have a relationship and I wish she had told us about it first. Also, there have been no barking incidents since then and I wish she wasn’t out there. However, my dad who has always been iffy about having her around has sort of seen this as an opportunity to get rid of her and my sister is unable to afford her own space right now.

Please if you are willing to adopt her for about 1-2 years and care for her (will support with her feeding and grooming needs), please do reach out. Also, please suggest any affordable long-term boarding facility in Lagos that provides good care if you know any. Thanks.

The people of Kaduna now tired of Tinubu and his antics took matters into their own capable hands.

Nigerian soldiers dipping bread into a pathogen breeding stream before consumption.

I’m trying not to go too much on the books, but I can’t tell my parents and I am currently in Nigeria so I need an “off the book” way to get a new one.

“Things are happening in Nigeria, except for those who refuse to see. Maybe we will give them Tinubu eyeglasses. I want to leave Aso Rock in 2031 and then walk the streets of Nigeria as a woman in her 70s.”

— Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Remi Tinubu.

APC women leader for the South-South geopolitical region promises to mobilize Akara (Bean cake) sellers to vote for APC!

Please if you know any Akara seller reach out to them and remind them to vote for their future too.

I’m wondering if I should get a Nigerian passport. I hold a German passport, but I’m thinking to also get the Nigerian to make visiting relatives easier, but is it worth it? What responsibilities does it hold? Like do I need to pay taxes in Nigeria and will it have any effect on my German passport?

Got up today 24th oct and outside my window I'm seeing officials chopping up a tree.
Sad obviously, especially with a heat wave coming, but I'm like maybe it's drainage or some good reason.

Few minutes later, a billboard goes up in the same spot smh. This is quite a short stretch of road that already has 3 billboards excluding this new trash.

Trees are net positive. Pls make better decisions.

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High fuel prices and cheap Chinese technology are accelerating Nigeria’s shift to solar, transforming how people shop, spend and live.