Chapter XX: Kamina--Lome--Home

Warm welcome to Kamina--I am introduced to the Baroness Codelli
von Fahnenfeld--Good news--A faithful black "boy"--
The great wireless station at Kamina--Feminine vanity
--Camping out _v._ living in--A tornado--Good-bye to
Kamina--By rail to the coast--At Lome--Filming the
first scene of our principal drama--We want a white baby
--Difficulties of the quest--Shall we paint a black
baby white?--A compromise--Social life in Lome--Herr
Vollbehr paints my portrait in the gardens of the Duke of
Mecklenburg's palace--The great pier at Lome--Coast
natives--We part with our "boys"--Good-bye to Africa--
Vain regrets--Las Palmas--I try a mild gamble--And win
£7--We are nearly sunk when nearing Southampton 296-311

INDEX 313-316

ILLUSTRATIONS

KONKOMBWA WARRIOR IN FULL GALA DRESS _Frontispiece_
_To face page_
PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR 32

REHEARSING FOR THE CINEMA 36

PLAYING AN "INTERIOR" SCENE IN A NATIVE DRAMA 36

CINEMA ACTING IN THE WILDS 42

AUTHORESS AND BODYGUARD OF TSCHAUDJO HORSEMEN 46

MAJOR HANS SCHOMBURGK 50

EUROPEAN REST-HOUSE AT TSCHOPOWA 52

CINEMA FILMS:--(1) A KONKOMBWA GIANT;
(2) PAYING CARRIERS IN SALT;
(3) THE OLD URO DJABO OF PARATAU;
(4) A LIVE ALARUM CLOCK;
(5) BOY SCOUTS 62

MARKET SCENE IN PARATAU 72

NATIVE BOYS AT PARATAU 74

CINEMA FILMS:--(1) WOMEN HAIRDRESSING;
(2), (3) BABY'S BATH;
(4) BETTER THAN THE TANGO;
(5), (6) SCENES FROM "THE WHITE GODDESS" 88

CINEMA FILMS: BEAD-MAKING 94

A HAUSA WOMAN 104

TSCHAUDJO GIRL FROM BAFILO 104

KONKOMBWA WARRIOR 112

CAMPING OUT IN THE BUSH 112

KONKOMBWA DANDY 116

YOUNG KONKOMBWA WARRIOR 116

CINEMA FILMS: A WOMAN'S WORK 120

TAMBERMA FORT 128

CANOEING ON THE OTI RIVER 134

CHIEFS' COMPOUND 138

NATIVE PIG IRON 138

UNFORTIFIED TSCHOKOSSI VILLAGE 144

NATIVES GAMBLING 154

SKETCH OF A FORTIFIED TSCHOKOSSI VILLAGE 166

PLAN OF THE SAME VILLAGE 167

BASKET-MAKING 170

AUTHORESS AND DEAD "HIPPO" 188

A FINE HEAD OF HAIR 208

NATIVE HAIRDRESSING 208

YOUNG KONKOMBWA WARRIOR 214

A HUGE COMMUNAL CORN-BIN 224

"ROMAN" FORT AT IBUBU 232

BANJELI THE CENTRE OF THE NATIVE IRON INDUSTRY 240

SECTION OF OLD NATIVE IRON FURNACE 244

A COUPLE OF YOUNG SUPERS 260

A STUDY IN WHITE AND BLACK 260

NATIVE VILLAGE IN NORTHERN TOGO 280

CINEMA FILMS: KONKOMBWA AT ARCHERY PRACTICE 290

A CAMERA ACTRESS IN THE WILDS OF TOGOLAND