1 15 1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1884 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Twilight Project Fellows Hyperlink A link, or reference, to another resource on the Internet. URL <a href="https://archive.org/details/middleburyNewspapers_1884-06-01/page/n3/mode/2up">See full article</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Civilization of Africa Description An account of the resource Volume 9, Number 8 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Undergraduate Editorial Board Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Undergraduate Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 06/01/1884 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource The undergraduate Editorial Board Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant "Will [Africa] ever be blessed with the light of civilization and Christianity." "We are not to be discouraged by the present condition of Africa for twenty centuries ago who could have predicted the position of Great Britain today, then as fully developed in the darkness of barbarism as Africa now." "And then [Africa] will receive that large influx of enterprising white men, which will wake her from her long slumber into active life and give her a place on level with her sister lands." "History shows us that Christianity possesses a power peculiar to itself for drawing uncultivated races out of savagery and enabling them to mount rapidly the first stages of civilization. " Subject The topic of the resource Editorial on whether European efforts to "bring" "civilization" to Africa will never succeed. The author claims that the answer is yes. Africa colonialism imperialism racism white supremacy