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Title:Sir Gordon Guggisberg and his African critics
Author:Gale, Thomas S.
Year:1973
Periodical:Transactions of the Historical Society of Ghana
Volume:14
Issue:2
Pages:271-275
Language:English
Geographic term:Ghana
Subjects:colonial policy
indigenous peoples
doctors
colonial administrators
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/41406530
Abstract:One unfortunate result of Sir Gordon Guggisberg's excellent reputation as governor of the Gold Coast from 1919 to 1927 has been that historians have tended to assume that he was enlightened on all issues and that therefore any criticism of him by African nationalists in the 1920s was due to 'hypersensitivity' and 'natural ebullience' on their part. The present note describes Guggisberg's treatment of African medical officers, which was far from 'enlightened Notes.

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