THE FETISH FOLK OF WEST AFRICA [Illustration: AMVAMA, A FANG CATECHIST (See p. 316). ] The Fetish Folk of West Africa By ROBERT H. MILLIGAN _Author of “The Jungle Folk of Africa”_ _ILLUSTRATED_ [Illustration: [Logo]] NEW YORK CHICAGO TORONTO Fleming H. Revell Company LONDON AND EDINBURGH Copyright, 1912, by FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY New York: 158 Fifth Avenue Chicago: 125 North Wabash Ave. Toronto: 25 Richmond Street, W. London: 21 Paternoster Square Edinburgh: 100 Princes Street Preface In this book as in the one that preceded it, _The Jungle Folk of Africa_, the author endeavours to exhibit the _humanity_ of the African as it impressed himself. The difference between the two books is chiefly a difference of emphasis, and is indicated in the titles. In the former the African is described in relation to his surroundings—his exterior world. Much is said about the forest—deep, solemn, vast, impenetrably mysterious—wherein he roams at large with nature’s own wild freedom; contending also with its mighty forces, and wresting from it the means of existence by his own resourcefulness of expedient. In the present volume the author essays the more difficult task of revealing the interior world of the African—his mental habits and beliefs. Much is said about _fetishism_ and _folk-lore_.