Chapter III: Part V: I. the Map of Africa Re-Arranged 293

INDEX 305

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

MUSHAMALENGI, “A ROYAL PRINCE” OF THE BAKUBA KINGDOM IN
THE UPPER KASAI _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE

A LIGHT-HEARTED CARRIER 4

THE CANOE SINGER 4

THE VINES OF THE TROPICAL FOREST 8

MRS. HARRIS CANOEING ON THE ARUWIMI, UPPER CONGO 12

A RICKETY DUG-OUT 12

WILD FOREST FRUIT 18

THE “ELEPHANT EAR” IN THE WET SEASON 20

WILD FOREST FRUIT 20

THE “HEALING” FETISH 24

THE BAKETI MEMORIAL GROUND. TREES UPROOTED AND PLANTED BRANCHES
DOWNWARDS IN MEMORY OF THE DEAD 24

THE SWASTIKA CICATRICE 26

THE OYSTER SHELL CICATRICE 26

CICATRICED WOMEN OF EQUATORVILLE 28

THE BANGALLA “RASP” CICATRICE 28

BANGALLA CHIEF WITH HEAD TIGHTLY BOUND FROM BIRTH 32

BANGALLA BABE WITH HEAD TIGHTLY BOUND 32

A FIVE-FOOT BEARD 34

STYLES OF ARUWIMI HEAD-DRESS 34

THE WITCH 38

SLAVE GRAVEYARD ON THE ISLAND OF SAN THOMÉ 38

THE WITCH DOCTOR WITH HIS CHARMS FOR EVERY ILL 40

A NATIVE PLANTER IN HIS FUNTUMIA PLANTATION, SOUTHERN NIGERIA 50

RUBBER COLLECTORS, KASAI RIVER, UPPER CONGO 50

WOMEN POUNDING OIL PALM NUTS 54

GRINDING CORN ON THE KASAI, UPPER CONGO 56

A CHRISTIAN COUPLE RETURNING FROM THE GARDENS TOWARDS SUNSET 58

WEAVING CLOTH IN THE KASAI, UPPER CONGO 58

“TWIN POTS” HOISTED ON FORKED STICKS EITHER SIDE OF PATHWAY IN
HONOUR OF NEWLY BORN TWINS, BANGALLA, CONGO 70

WILD FLOWERS GROWING ON TRUNK OF FOREST TREE 78

“THE STORY THE GRAVEYARDS TELL” 78

CATARACT REGION BELOW STANLEY POOL, BELGIAN CONGO 94

DR. SAPARA OF LAGOS, A MEDICAL MAN IN THE SERVICE OF THE BRITISH
GOVERNMENT 110

COCOA FARM, BELGIAN CONGO 134

A CONGO CHIEF WITH SOME OF HIS WIVES AND “BASAMBA” CONCUBINES 144

A HUNTER’S “LUCKY” FETISH 146

PRINCE ELEKO AND COUNCIL, SOUTHERN NIGERIA 168

LAND FORMATION, LOANDA, PORTUGUESE ANGOLA 170

CHANCEL AND NORTH WALL OF DISUSED DUTCH CHURCH, LOANDA (see
page 171) 172

COCOA CARRYING, BELGIAN CONGO 174

ENTRANCE TO COCOA ROÇA, PRINCIPE ISLAND (PORTUGUESE) 174

SLAVES ON SAN THOMÉ 180

DISUSED SLAVE COMPOUND IN REAR OF HOUSE, CATUMBELLA 180

SLAVES ON COCOA ROÇA, PRINCIPE ISLAND 184

THE END OF THE SLAVE. TWO SLAVES CARRYING DEAD COMRADE IN SACK
TO BURIAL 184

GUM COPAL FOR SALE, UPPER CONGO 214

GOVERNMENT IVORY AND RUBBER, UPPER CONGO 214

AN AVENUE OF OIL PALMS: TEN YEARS’ GROWTH 226

“WALKING” UP TO GATHER FRUIT. WEAVER BIRDS’ NESTS ON THE PALM
FRONDS 230

HEADS OF OIL PALM FRUIT 230

THE OIL PALM IN THE GRIP OF ITS PARASITIC ENEMY:—
THE CREEPER AT AN EARLY STAGE 232
ROOT AND BRANCH IN DEADLY GRIP 232

FINE HEADS OF OIL PALM FRUIT 234

CARRYING RUBBER VINES TO VILLAGE 240

EXTRACTING RUBBER, KASAI RIVER, UPPER CONGO 240

COCOA ON SAN THOMÉ. TERMITE TRACK VISIBLE ON THE TRUNK OF TREE 246

COCOA DRYING IN SUN 256

THE CRUCIFIX IN AFRICAN FETISH HUT ON THE ISLAND OF SAN THOMÉ 272

RUIN OF ONCE IMPOSING CHURCH ON THE ISLAND OF PRINCIPE 272

INTERIOR OF MISSIONARIES’ HOUSE. BASEL INDUSTRIAL MISSION
FURNITURE MADE BY GOLD COAST INDUSTRIAL SCHOLARS 284

MAP OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH AFRICAN COLONIES WITH “MOTHER
COUNTRIES” DRAWN TO SAME SCALE _at end of text_