Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1901 — SAYINGS and DOINGS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SAYINGS and DOINGS

A BLACK EXPLORER. Arthur A Anderson, the well-known wolored African explorer, now on a visit to the United States, was born in Georgia shortly after the close of the elvll war. About fifteen years ago he -emigrated to France, and settling in Paris, devoted himself to a study of the French language, which he soon mastered. He made a good success on the stage in the part of Othello and was summoned to the court of the Bultan of Morocco. The French goveardinal Is one of the members of the to join its diplomatic corps, and the

young Afro-Ajnerican was sent to the interior of the dark continent, where he was highly successful in extending the sphere of French influence among the tribes near the-great Sahara. Mr. Anderson is convinced that Africa is the most promising field in the world tbr the American negro of resource and ability. He is on a lecturing tour through the principal. cities of the United States and expects to return to Europe in the-spring. His wife, an Englishwoman of good family, accompanies him.

ARTHUR A ANDERSON.