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Africana; or, the heart of heathen Africa, Volume 1 (of 2) : $b Native customs and beliefsMacdonald, Duff

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Africana; or, the heart of heathen Africa, Volume 1 (of 2) : $b Native customs and beliefs

Name: Africana; or, the heart of heathen Africa, Volume 1 (of 2) : $b Native customs and beliefs
Author: Macdonald, Duff

Macdonald, Duff

Africa, East -- Social life and customs; Missions -- Africa, East

Novelty of the Subject. Effect of Christianity. Difficulty and
    value of the investigation,                                       1-14

                      CHAPTER I.—FIRST IMPRESSIONS.

    (A) Dress, Tatoos, Ornaments. (B) Weapons. (C) Houses,
    Beds, Fireplace, Furniture, Live Stock. (D) Climate, Rains,
    Productions, Famines. (E) Food, Want of Bread, Meals, Unclean
    Animals, Hospitality. (F) Work, Division of Labour. (F)* Races
    and Chiefs. (G) Travelling and Salutations,                      15-35

                    CHAPTER II.—ARTS AND LITERATURE.

    (H) Trades and Manufactures, Iron, Baskets, Cloth, Pottery,
    African Industry. (I) The Learned Professions, Medicine,
    Divination. (K) Charms. (L) Traditional Literature—its Form,
    Matter, and Relations to Kindred Traditions,                     36-57

                      CHAPTER III.—NATIVE THEOLOGY.

    (1) Nature of man. (2) Immortality. (3-6) The Gods, their
    Dwelling Place, their Manifestations; Distinctions. (7, 8)
    Priests, Village Gods. (9, 10) Polytheism, Selection of Gods.
    (11, 12) Special Deities, Pathos of Native Theology. (13) The
    Creation,                                                        58-75

                       CHAPTER IV.—NATIVE WORSHIP.

    OCCASIONS FOR OFFERINGS. _Journey, War or Hunting._ (14)
    Oracles. (15) Ceremonies. (16, 17) Omens. (18) Rejoicings.
    (19) _Sickness._ (20) _Famine_, _Dreams_. NATURE OF OFFERINGS.
    (21-24) Ordinary Offerings. (25-28) Special Offerings, Human
    Sacrifices,                                                      76-97

                            CHAPTER V.—DEATH.

    (29) Summary. (30) Illness, Physician’s Responsibility. (31)
    Death, Slaves caught to escort the deceased. (32-38) Mourning
    Ceremonies. (39) Immolation of human beings. (40) House of
    deceased taken down. (41) Position of the deceased in the
    other world. (42, 43) Continuation and end of mourning,         98-112

                    CHAPTER VI.—CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH.

    (45-47) Birth, Early Days, Naming. (48-51) Betrothal, Early
    Training, Amusements, Games,                                   113-124

                         CHAPTER VII.—MYSTERIES.

    (52, 53) Instruction of Girls, Boys, Adults; General remarks,  125-132

                         CHAPTER VIII.—MARRIAGE.

    (54) Procuring a Wife. (55) Ranks among Wives. (56) Adult
    Marriage, Wedding-day. (57) Woman’s Kingdom. (58) Marriage
    Contract. (59) Divorce. (60) The Wife’s Surety,                133-143

                        CHAPTER IX.—SOCIAL LIFE.

    (61-63) Native Villages. (64-66) Ordinary Life and Work. (67)
    Food in common,                                                144-151

          CHAPTER X.—GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE.

    (68-72) Headmen and Chiefs. (73-76) Courts of Justice, Trials,
    and General Treatment of Crime,                                152-164

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