Africans were 'naturally ' part of the land . Cities were portrayed as an 'alien environment ' for which Africans were supposedly not yet ready . To the new migrant the city was seen as the site of vice and immorality 'influences far too potent for his [the African 's] powers of resistance (Loram , 1917 . The phenomenon of 'poor whiteism ' was frequently held up as a warning of what would occur should unrestrained African proletarianisation be allowed to continue . For many biological determinists 'poor...











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