They quickly learn all they can from
Europeans and Indians, and to-day, in Mengo and in the other large
towns of Uganda, there are trains and motor-cars and stores, while
steamers on the lake bring European and Indian things quickly from the
coast towns. There are many Europeans and Indians living in Uganda,
and this is a good thing, because when many people of different races
meet, they learn from one another and so grow wiser.
4. Europeans help Africans
In this chapter we have read about one of the wisest tribes of the
dark-skinned African people. The Arabs in the north came to Africa
long ago from their own home in Asia, and the Europeans in the south
came from their home in Europe. Both these races had learnt by
themselves a great deal more than the African race has done. This is
partly because their homes were not so hot, and so they had to think
hard to get enough food and to keep warm. It is partly due, too, to
the way in which for hundreds of years the people of Europe and Asia
have been able to read and write, and have met and learnt from one
another.
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