Southern Rhodesia
Native Affairs Department Annual

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Per Capita Income Around the World

Per capita income figures for the countries and regions of the world.

Hind Swaraj, by M.K. Gandhi

While rarely read this is Gandhi's most important written work.

Civilization and Success

The traditional explanation for the noticeable differences in income across cultures was to say that they differed in their level of civilization.

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Civilization and Success
Culture is to the group what personality is to the individual. Civilization is to the group what enlightenment is to the individual.

By the Numbers
A careful examination of the numbers is necessary to understand the relationship between success and culture.

Third World and the Underclass
The Third World is where the relationship between success and culture is revealed in the most brutal manner.

Politics and Success
The central political issue of our time is whether or not culture influences success.

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Per Capita Income Around the World

Per capita income figures for the countries and regions of the world.

Hind Swaraj, by M.K. Gandhi

While rarely read this is Gandhi's most important written work.

Civilization and Success

The traditional explanation for the noticeable differences in income across cultures was to say that they differed in their level of civilization.

Fundamentals of Prosperity

This 1920 work by Roger Babson is a classic with in its genre. It promotes the traditional, pre-1960s explanation for the connection between success and culture.

Zimbabwe: the World's Largest Test Tube

Current events in Zimbabwe are giving us an unprecedented opportunity to measure and judge the effect of white settlement and colonization in Africa.

US Incomes by Race, Ethnicity and Religion

Average US Incomes by Race, Ethnicity and Religion.

Are Calvinists Predestined to Succeed?

Max Weber's claim that Protestantism is more conducive to success than Catholicism and that Calvinism is in particular more successful is widely repeated and rarely examined.

Wealth and the Recogniton of Culture

We need to recognize that culture is the personality of a group or race and we must see culture and having seen it, make it a work of art.

The Recipient Class

The moral justification for welfare is supposed to be that we are temporarily helping out our fellow man through a rough stretch of road or helping the disabled permanently. If it is to become a system for continually transferring wealth from one group to another the people behind this change owe us an explanation.

Culturalism

The great taboo of our age is not speaking about race, but speaking about culture.

Bourgeois

Bourgeoisie is more than just a term of abuse used by the Left, it refers to a real people who led real lives.

Selections from the Federal Outlook

Selections from a 1960's Rhodesian newspaper.

How Africa Underdeveloped Africa

Africa is the poorest place in the world. Why?

Will Famine Come to Zimbabwe?

The end of commercial farming in Zimbabwe could plunge the country into famine.

The Tragedy of the Zimbabwe Commons
Communally owned property always has and always will suffer from the 'tragedy of the commons' problem.

Band Aid
Africa recieves $15 billion a year in aid. Is it helping?

Some Sketches

NDHILAZO. A Fingo resident in the Quo Quo district.

MIYAMBE.

Mlozwi tribe. Born at Shangani River in the Somabula Area of Gwelo. After the occupation, Miyambe became a Native Messenger under an N.C. known as "Uvuta" (from Sindebole "ukuvuta": to fan a fire)the European name of this N.C. is not known here, but possibly the old N.C.'s will know who the Natives named "Uvuta." Miyambe also served under "Luveve" (from Sindebele "uvevane": butterfly). This is the Native name given to Col. Carbutt. Miyambe is now retired and is living a tribal life amongst his people in the Que Que district. Has one son, now a Native Messenger at Que Que.

Sketch by Doreen M. Gilette

Tagwureyi

(Headman), son of Chief Suwundula of the Gwelo Que Que district. Many years ago Suwundula, who is of the Mvera tribe, moved his kraal from the Charter district to the Gwelo district. In so doing he came in cotact with the Matabele and borrowed a custom from them, namely, the wearing of the ostrich feather headdress (Sindebele "Indhlugula").

Sketch by Doreen M. Gilette

 

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