CHAPTER VIII. 



Africa a Country Without Homj: Gove:rnme:nt — Libkrian 

 REPUBI.IC — American Consui.ati:s — Morocco — Ai.gie:rs— 

 Tunis — Egypt — Cairo — Cape: Town — Cape: of Good Hope: — 

 Kimbe:ri.e:y — Home: Life in Africa — Naming the Baby — 

 Ambitious Boyhood — Immature Chied Wives. 



A FRICA Is a country of more than 11,000,000 square miles in 

 ^ area and nearly 200,000,000 inhabitants, without any govern- 

 ment except what foreign countries have established there. Prac- 

 tically there is no monetary system in that country. The mpney 

 used is that of the European nations having dependencies there. 

 They control all the banks. 



Liberia is a republic, established through American influence. 

 The Capital is Monrovia. About 12,000 negroes born in the United 

 States now live in Liberia. The United States government has 

 recently established a commission to look into the conditions in 

 Liberia, with a view to giving our government authentic informa- 

 tion concerning the country. Whether this has in view the encour- 

 agement of negro emmigration from the United States is not as 

 yet definitely known. 



A DIFFICULT PROBLEM. 



There has been much speculation in this regard, however, 

 although it is admitted to be a most difficult problem to handle. 

 There are political theorists in the United States who hold to the 

 idea that the "negro problem" can be solved by colonizing them in 

 some country like Liberia. 



Liberia is the only country in Africa having Consular repre- 

 sentatives in the United States. In this case there are only two 

 Consular Agents. It will be seen then that here are 200,000,000 

 people without diplomatic representation, except that of the British, 



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