Comparer les versions : Congrès de Nairobi 54 (#54)
1er Congrès panafricain de préhistoire, Nairobi, 1947
Statut : Approuvé
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"The first important discoveries in East Africa were made in Uganda over a quarter of a century ago and while the contributions from that Territory have been considerable, Kenya has since acquired an importance that puts it in a world-front of prehistoric exploration - and East Africans may note with pride that this growth in our knowledge has been entirely due to the selfess enthusiasm of one of her own sons. Because of this addition to the stature of Kenya I wish again to assure Your Excellency that all members of the South African delegation feel it a privilege to be here and on their behalf I wish again to thank you for your welcome, your hospitality and your good wishes. | "The first important discoveries in East Africa were made in Uganda over a quarter of a century ago and while the contributions from that Territory have been considerable, Kenya has since acquired an importance that puts it in a world-front of prehistoric exploration - and East Africans may note with pride that this growth in our knowledge has been entirely due to the selfess enthusiasm of one of her own sons. Because of this addition to the stature of Kenya I wish again to assure Your Excellency that all members of the South African delegation feel it a privilege to be here and on their behalf I wish again to thank you for your welcome, your hospitality and your good wishes. | ||
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+ | Professor Le Gros Clark replied on behalf of the delegates of Great Britain and the British Colonies. "We have been aware of certain important discoveries in prehistory and allied subjects which have been made in different parts of Africa - particularly during recent years, and we have been eager to see these discoveries for ourselves and to discuss them with our colleagues here," he said. "This Congress has now given us the opportunity we sought. The work of prehistorians and palaeontologists in this Continent has already illuminated certain problems of the most profound signifiance for all human thought and philosophy - problems concerning the origin of the earliest forms of human society and, indeed, the very birth of humanity itself. Since some of the most remarkable of the discoveries to which I refer have been reported by your own distinguished scientists it seems to us very appropriate that this Pan-African Congress should be held in Kenya. We have the conviction, however, that this will also serve to initiate a series of such congresses to be held in various parts of Africa in the future." | ||
+ | Dr. Cabu (Belgian Congo), Professor Mustafa Amer Bey (Egypt), Eng. Fernando Mouta (Angola) and Mr. Wendell Phillips (America) also responded. | ||
+ | At the business session which followed the opening ceremony, Professor L'Abbe Breuil was elected President of the Congress, and Dr. Robert Broom (South Africa), vice-president. |