An Illustrated Handbook On Africa Giving An Account of Its People Its Climate
An Illustrated Handbook On Africa Giving An Account of Its People Its Climate
Edward Davies
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Such a block-up of the traffic and circula- tion of mankind interferes with universal life. Human progress can no longer put up with the paralysis of a fifth part of the globa. The power of European thrones may develop the material resources of this pristine world, but the African home will determine the character of its people. Mothers and homes are the corner-stones of empires. " Hence the pertinent question of the hour is : What of woman and her social relations in Africa. Glance across the ...Atlantic to the kraal of a Kaffir wife, which is constructed on this wise. A circl3 eight or ten feet ia diameter is drawn. Within this the women make the fi. Ior by pounding the clay until very hirJ, washing with manure and water, which renders it smooth and gives a polish. The men assist ia setting poles in this circle, bending them o\^er and tying with rope made of lonsj o^r iss. The heijjht in the center is not more than four or five feat. Afcer this frame work is completed, the woman thatch ifc wi:;h coarse gr iss, leav^inj: in one side anop3nin:2f two feet hijrh which sers^es for a door, chimn 3y and window.
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