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THE NATIVES OF
BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA

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Women Carrying Water-jars, Chiromo

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The Native Races of the British Empire

THE NATIVES
OF
BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA

BY
A. WERNER

WITH THIRTY-TWO FULL-PAGE
ILLUSTRATIONS

LONDON
ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE
AND COMPANY, LTD.
1906

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Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to His Majesty

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IN MEMORIAM
J. R. W.
ELMINA, AUGUST 16, 1891

... ‘Desiderio ...
Tam cari capitis....’

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CONTENTS

PAGE
LIST OF PLATES xi
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTORY
Geography. Botany: bush-fire. Climate. Fauna: beasts, birds, fish, insects, 1
CHAPTER II
INHABITANTS
Classification of tribes. Physical characters. Keloids and tribal marks. Ear ornaments. Tooth-chipping. Hair, 24
CHAPTER III
RELIGION AND MAGIC—I
Ancestor-worship. Offerings. Mulungu. Mpambe. Chitowe. Evil spirits. Spirits of the dead. Dreams. Morality, 46
CHAPTER IV
RELIGION AND MAGIC—II
Creation. Origin of death. Lake Nyasa. Rain-making. Charms. Witchcraft. Lycanthropy, Divination. Food tabus. Dances, 70
CHAPTER V
NATIVE LIFE—I. CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH
Villages. Huts. Birth. Naming. Dress. Childhood’s rights. Games. Plastic art-work. Daily life, ...

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