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IN “African Survey”, Lord Hailoy, in discussing the future of African studies, stressed the fact that there was no less need for organized research in the social sciences than in the natural sciences. It was inevitable in a survey of so wide a scope that any recommendations made would cut across existing activities. This was recognized in the credit accorded to existing organizations, in which prominence was given to the work of the International Institute of African Languages and Cultures, not only on account of its specific interests, but also on account of its facilities for collecting information through its international relations. In the recently issued report of the Executive Council of the Institute (Africa, 12, 4, 1939) it is recalled that discussion of plans for future research had been postponed pending the publication of Lord Hailey's “African Survey”. It is now announced that on the appearance of that report, the authorities of the Institute initiated conversations with Lord Hailey with the view of obviating the dangers of overlap in a common field and competition in the sources from which funds are derived. The possibilities of co-operation are now tinder discussion, and a scheme for associating the continuation of the Hailey Survey work with the work of the Institute has already been approved in principle by the Council for elaboration by the Institute's officers.
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African Studies. Nature 144, 779 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144779b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/144779b0