At the Back of the Black Man's Mind; Or, Notes On the Kingly Office in West Africa
The book At the Back of the Black Man's Mind; Or, Notes On the Kingly Office in West Africa was written by author Dennett, R. E. (Richard Edward), 1857-1921 Here you can read free online of At the Back of the Black Man's Mind; Or, Notes On the Kingly Office in West Africa book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is At the Back of the Black Man's Mind; Or, Notes On the Kingly Office in West Africa a good or bad book?
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The full moon rises from her couch accompanied by this same star, her offspring, now her husband, and this star is then called Ndongo (the spirit of witchcraft). 6. Nkonda or NONGA-NZAU (to hunt the Elephant) has the meaning of amassing everything for one's own family and giving nothing to others. It is the name of certain towns The words symbolise weight, energy, and plenty. 1 The exclamation u ULU is that with which the Bavili greet either the new moon or a " witch" (Ndoxi). I04 AT THE BACK O...F THE BLACK MAN'S MIND CHAP. 7. Bulu-Ntu (a breaking of the head) a place generally situated about the falls of a river where the waters burst a channel through or past the rocks. Mbulu = beast. Ntu = man. 8. Kaci-Nuni = wife and husband, really " primeval dawn " and " I have absorbed." These words are not only used for man and wife but also for negative and positive powers ; inferior and superior, as when one man comes up to another to ask him for a favour and calls himself the other's Nkaci. Nkaci is also used for the word Ngulinkaci meaning one's uncle on the mother's side.
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