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Acquiescence and identification with the aggressor among acculturating Africans, 1959-1960

by Marshall H. Segall, University of California, Berkeley. Survey Research Center, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

African National characteristicsEuropean National characteristicsPublic opinion

Data for the study were collected from 1959-1960 in ten counties in the Ankole district of Uganda. The Banyankole sample numbers 68 adult males, while 28 resident adults--male and female--comprise the European sample. Variables from the questionnaire, administered to the Africans and Europeans alike, probe two major areas of interest. A number of questions ask the respondents to compare Africans with Europeans in terms of inherent abilities. A second major portion of the study examines both positive and negative value judgements of the African personality and character.

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