WHAT \)7ILL THE WHITE MAN DO NEXT? 



paper, theatre or cinema, but as a tremendously power- 

 ful means of disseminating Government orders and in- 

 formation, news, and, above all, agricultural instruction. 



When the first news of radio reached Africa, I was 

 camping in the Highlands of Kenya, and after the day's 

 work was done, as was their custom, several of the 

 Chiefs and Headmen were sitting round my camp fire. 

 My English mail had arrived that day, and I had been 

 reading a copy of "The Times," which described the 

 more recent wireless happenings. My native companions 

 were talking of the doings of the day and had come to 

 receive instructions for the morrow. 



In their own language, I explained to my campfire 

 audience this latest invention. At first they were mys- 

 tified, but when the real meaning began to dawn upon 

 them, now and again one of their number would ejacu- 

 late, ''Quali shauri ya Mungu" (Truly it is the work 

 of God.) Then, after a lengthy explanation, when they 

 were really beginning to understand, I told them that I 

 was going away from them, but that I might be able 

 to send them an instrument which they could fit up ac- 

 cording to my directions, so that wherever they might 

 be each night, as they camped in the forest, they would 

 be able to hear me speak. I said, "My voice will come to 

 you, but I shall be far away. If you listen well you will 

 know what to do on the morrow." 



This they unanimously agreed was a good "Shauri," 

 and again and again they repeated, "QuaU shauri ya 

 Mungu. Quali shauri ya Mungu." 



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