Africa in Transition — III Technical Civilization

Abstract

Industrialization in Africa must be defined broadly to include all technological developments in general and not simply the growth of large-scale manufacturing. These developments include industrial agriculture, mining, transportation, systems of communication, urbanization, etc. In the West when we deal with industrialization, we are concerned with processes, techniques, and machines resulting from a technical revolution, initiated from within the framework of European society itself. The problem of social adaptation to technology introduced into society from outside is the problem of Africa. In this article Dr. Busia discusses the social changes which such a situation demands.