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- Frontmatter
- PREFACE TO THE READER
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY
- CHAPTER II SIERRA LEONE AND ITS SURROUNDINGS
- CHAPTER III AFRICAN CHARACTERISTICS
- CHAPTER IV FISHING IN WEST AFRICA
- CHAPTER V FETISH
- CHAPTER VI SCHOOLS OF FETISH
- CHAPTER VII FETISH AND WITCHCRAFT
- CHAPTER VIII AFRICAN MEDICINE
- CHAPTER IX THE WITCH DOCTOR
- CHAPTER X EARLY TRADE IN WEST AFRICA
- CHAPTER XI FRENCH DISCOVERY OF WEST AFRICA
- CHAPTER XII COMMERCE IN WEST AFRICA
- CHAPTER XIII THE CROWN COLONY SYSTEM
- CHAPTER XIV THE CROWN COLONY SYSTEM IN WEST AFRICA
- CHAPTER XV MORE OF THE CROWN COLONY SYSTEM
- CHAPTER XVI THE CLASH OF CULTURES
- CHAPTER XVII AN ALTERNATIVE PLAN
- CHAPTER XVIII AFRICAN PROPERTY
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
- Plate section
CHAPTER III - AFRICAN CHARACTERISTICS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 December 2011
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE TO THE READER
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY
- CHAPTER II SIERRA LEONE AND ITS SURROUNDINGS
- CHAPTER III AFRICAN CHARACTERISTICS
- CHAPTER IV FISHING IN WEST AFRICA
- CHAPTER V FETISH
- CHAPTER VI SCHOOLS OF FETISH
- CHAPTER VII FETISH AND WITCHCRAFT
- CHAPTER VIII AFRICAN MEDICINE
- CHAPTER IX THE WITCH DOCTOR
- CHAPTER X EARLY TRADE IN WEST AFRICA
- CHAPTER XI FRENCH DISCOVERY OF WEST AFRICA
- CHAPTER XII COMMERCE IN WEST AFRICA
- CHAPTER XIII THE CROWN COLONY SYSTEM
- CHAPTER XIV THE CROWN COLONY SYSTEM IN WEST AFRICA
- CHAPTER XV MORE OF THE CROWN COLONY SYSTEM
- CHAPTER XVI THE CLASH OF CULTURES
- CHAPTER XVII AN ALTERNATIVE PLAN
- CHAPTER XVIII AFRICAN PROPERTY
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
- Plate section
Summary
Containing some account of the divers noises of Western Afrik and an account of the country east of Cape Palmas, and other things; to which is added an account of the manner of shipping timber; of the old Bristol trade; and, mercifully for the reader, a leaving off.
When we got our complement of Krumen on board, we proceeded down Coast with the intention of calling off Accra. I will spare you the description of the scenes which accompany the taking on of Kruboys; they have frequently been described, for they always alarm the new-comer–they are the first bit of real Africa he sees if bound for the Gold Coast or beyond. Sierra Leone, charming, as it is, has a sort of Christy Minstrel air about it for which he is prepared, but the Kruboy as he comes on board looks quite the Boys' Book of Africa sort of thing; though, needless to remark, as innocent as a lamb, bar a tendency to acquire portable property. Nevertheless, Kruboys coming on board for your first time alarm you; at any rate they did me, and they also introduced me to African noise, which like the insects is another most excellent thing, that you should get broken into early.
Woe! to the man in Africa who cannot stand perpetual uproar. Few things surprised me more than the rarity of silence and the intensity of it when you did get it.
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- West African Studies , pp. 62 - 87Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1899