Originally published in 1934, this book provides an overview of the history of European policy in Southern Africa with regards to the native populations. Evans details, with a sympathy for native Africans not common among his contemporaries, the changing attitudes of settlers to native inhabitants in what is now Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the colonial history of Southern Africa.