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Title: | The disbarment of African medical officers by the West African medical staff: a study in prejudice |
Author: | Gale, Tom |
Year: | 1980 |
Periodical: | Journal of the Historical Society of Sierra Leone |
Volume: | 4 |
Issue: | 1-2 |
Pages: | 33-44 |
Language: | English |
Geographic terms: | English-speaking Africa West Africa Great Britain |
Subjects: | colonialism doctors |
Abstract: | The purpose of this paper dealing with discrimination against African doctors by the colonial medical service is to show how colonial rule could harm the development of Africa. In 1902 when the West African Medical Staff was formed, African doctors were barred from it. The analysis of this discrimination reveals that the Africans were by 1900 well prepared to assume major posts of responsibility. A careful perusal of various colonial files reveals that the best doctors in British West Africa in the late nineteenth century were African. However, racial prejudice was strong during the colonial era and unfair policies somehow seemed logical. The story of the disbarment of African medical officers from the West African Medical Staff makes this point quite clearly. Notes. |