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young warriors. But the common round and daily task 

 in actual practice does not furnish all they ask. What 

 the African can use is vocational training. He needs the 

 knowledge that Western civilization can give him to 

 enable him to turn to full account the marvellous po- 

 tential wealth of his land. 



In the past the women tilled the soil under the pro- 

 tection of their men folk who were generally there ex- 

 cept when they were engaged in counter raids upon 

 their neighbours. But today, slowly the warrior class, 

 born to fighting and members of a military caste are 

 being led to adapt themselves to modern agriculture. A 

 new spirit is being created by practical training and 

 their natural gifts are being developed in a constructive 

 direction. 



This problem of adjustment is not as difficult as it 

 seems, for they can soon be taught that the successful 

 agriculturist of the new order is truly a warrior who 

 fights daily. He must learn to apply the tactics of war 

 to defeat the enemies of his crops. He must marshal his 

 forces to save his harvests; he must gather ammunition 

 for the seeding of his farm; he must collect an armoury 

 of tools to develop his possessions to advantage; he must 

 fortify himself against the besieging drought. He must 

 again prepare outlets for attacks by flood, sharpen his 

 ploughshares in place of his spears, and shield his prod- 

 uce at all seasons of the year. 



Though the transition from the warrior to the agri- 

 culturist has not yet been completely established, on 



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