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Identifier: nativesofbritish00wern (find matches)
Title: The natives of British Central Africa
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Werner, Alice, 1859-1935
Subjects: Ethnology
Publisher: London : A. Constable and Company, ltd.
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WoMKN Carrying Watkr-jars, Chiromo Zbe IRative IRaces of the Britisb Empire THE NATIVES OF BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA BY A. WERNER WITH THIRTY-TWO FULL-PAGEILLUSTRATIONS LONDON ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND COMPANY, LTD. 1906 Edinburgh : T. and A. Constable, Printers to His Majwty IN MEMORIAMJ. R. W. ELMINA, AUGUST l6, 189I . . . Desiderio .Tarn cari capitis. CONTENTS LIST OF PLATES CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY Geography. Botany: bush-fire. Climate. Fauna : beasts, birds, fisb, insects, i 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. Ofterings. 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.nativesofbritish00wern

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