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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...GAMBIA (Br.) Pop.: 280,000. Size: 4,000 sq. mi. Literacy: 20%. School attendance: 10%. College graduates: 50. Moslems: 85%. Savage customs are rare and fast dying...
...CAMEROUN (F. & Br.) Pop.: 4,907,000. Size: 166,800 sq. mi. Literacy: 15%. School attendance: 78%. College graduates: More than 100. Christians: 20%. Moslems: 20%. Natives mostly spirit-worshiping animists. Its 80 tribes range from Arabs to Pygmies...
...TANGANYIKA (Br.) Pop.: 9,404,000. Size: 362,688 sq. mi. Literacy: 15%. School attendance: 40%. College graduates: 50 plus. Christians: 50%. First university now open. Critical school shortage; over 1,000 new teachers yearly. Witchcraft, female circumcision common...
...KENYA (Br. colony) Pop.: 7,000,000. Size: 224,960 sq. mi. Literacy: 50%. School attendance: 75%. College graduates: 400 plus. Christians: 15% ( + 15% nominal). LInder British, who expect to grant once Mau Mau-ridden colony freedom by 1964, Kenya is spending one-sixth of budget on education. Its Kamba witch doctors are famed...
...UGANDA (Br. protectorate) Pop.: 6,597,000. Size: 93,981 sq. mi. Literacy: 40%. School attendance: 50%. Christians: 38%. Only 3,845 secondary school students. Most Ugandans consult witch doctors. Despite high murder rate (800 yearly), ritual killings rare...