Africa UnveiledSociety for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1876 - Всего страниц: 313 |
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Abbeokuta Abyssinia African race amongst Arabs Ashantee barbarous belief Bishop brethren brought Cape cattle Central Africa Chaka character chief Christianity Christianity in Africa Church Church Missionary Society civilised Cloth boards coast colony condition converts customs Dahomans Dahomey death degradation desert diocese districts Eastern Egypt Egyptian England English European evil exist extended fetish greater heathen human hundred inferior influence inhabitants Kaffirs king king of Dahomey Kroomen labour lake land living Livingstone Makololo Mandingoes Manganja ment Mission Missionary Society Mohammedans nations native nature negro Niam-niam Nile Nilotic Nyassa occupy persons Pongas Portuguese possess Post 8vo probably regarded regions religion religious river sacrifices Senegambia Shiré Sierra Leone slave trade slavery Soudan South Africa Southern Guinea spirit stations superstitions things tion town tribes Unkulunkulu village Waiou West Western Africa whole witchcraft woman women worship Yoruba Zambezi Zanzibar Zululand Zulus
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Стр. 113 - But our knowledge does not urge us to search out the roots of it ; we do not try to see them ; if any one thinks ever so little, he soon gives it up, and passes on to what he sees with his eyes ; and he does not understand the real state of even what he sees.
Стр. 202 - ... break of day. The time arrives, and, quietly surrounding the village while its occupants are still sleeping, they fire the grass huts in all directions, and pour volleys of musketry through the flaming thatch. Panic-stricken, the unfortunate victims rush from their burning dwellings, and the men are shot down like pheasants in a battue, while the women and children, bewildered in the danger and confusion, are kidnapped and secured. The herds of cattle, still within their kraal or "zareeba," are...
Стр. 158 - I know you can turn yourself into a lion; do so now, and catch us a wild horse, that we may eat.