The third issue in the charter is that the Africans are "conscious of their responsibility to harness the natural and human resources of their continent for the total advancement of the peoples in spheres of human endeavor." ... To be sure, a considerable portion of Kipling's works were written in celebration and support of Imperial expansion, but it is short-sighted to simply label him as an Imperial propagandist or apologist. ... His poetry as told by the common British soldiers show his ability maintain his status as poet laureate of the Empire while telling the stories of its victims,...

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