Gann, L. H.; Duignan, P. (1978). The Rulers of British Africa, 1870–1914. Stanford: Stanford University Press. p. 340. «... the typical African ... is a happy, thriftless, excitable person, lacking in self control, discipline and foresight, naturally courageous, courteous and polite, full of personal vanity, with little of veracity; in brief, the virtues and defects of this race-type are those of attractive children».