TO
MY DEVOTED COMPANION
WHO HAS SO PATIENTLY BORNE THE HARDSHIPS
OF TRAVEL AND THE LONG STRAIN OF OUR
LABOURS FOR THE NATIVE RACES
THESE PAGES ARE
DEDICATED
CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
| Introduction by the Earl of Cromer | [v] | |
| Author’s Preface | [xxiii] | |
| Foreword | [xxxiii] | |
| [PART I] | ||
| I. | The African “Porter” | [3] |
| II. | The Paddler and his Canoe | [10] |
| III. | The African Forest | [17] |
| IV. | A Medley of Customs | [23] |
| (a) Cicatrization | [26] | |
| (b) Personal Adornment | [31] | |
| (c) The Angel of Death | [36] | |
| (d) Peace and Arbitration | [40] | |
| V. | The Native as a Money Maker | [45] |
| VI. | The African Woman | [52] |
| [PART II] CIVILIZATION AND THE AFRICAN | ||
| I. | The White Man’s Burden | [75] |
| II. | Lightening the White Man’s Burden | [81] |
| III. | Governments and Commerce | [87] |
| IV. | The Liquor Traffic | [98] |
| V. | The Educated Native | [106] |
| VI. | Justice and the African | [116] |
| VII. | Race Prejudice | [122] |
| [PART III] | ||
| I. | Labour—Supply and Demand | [131] |
| II. | Land and its Relation to Labour | [157] |
| III. | Portuguese Slavery | [168] |
| IV. | The Future of Belgian Congo | [203] |
| [PART IV] MORAL AND MATERIAL PROGRESS | ||
| I. | The Products of the Oil Palm | [225] |
| II. | The Production of Rubber | [235] |
| III. | The Production of Cocoa | [246] |
| IV. | The Progress of Christian Missions | [265] |
| [PART V] | ||
| I. | The Map of Africa re-arranged | [293] |
| Index | [305] | |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| Mushamalengi, “A Royal Prince” of the Bakuba Kingdom in the Upper Kasai | [Frontispiece] |
| FACING PAGE | |
| A Light-hearted Carrier | [4] |
| The Canoe Singer | [4] |
| The Vines of the Tropical Forest | [8] |
| Mrs. Harris Canoeing on the Aruwimi, Upper Congo | [12] |
| A Rickety Dug-Out | [12] |
| Wild Forest Fruit | [18] |
| The “Elephant Ear” in the Wet Season | [20] |
| Wild Forest Fruit | [20] |
| The “Healing” Fetish | [24] |
| The Baketi Memorial Ground. Trees uprooted and planted branches downwards in Memory of the Dead | [24] |
| The Swastika Cicatrice | [26] |
| The Oyster Shell Cicatrice | [26] |
| Cicatriced Women of Equatorville | [28] |
| The Bangalla “Rasp” Cicatrice | [28] |
| Bangalla Chief with Head tightly bound from birth | [32] |
| Bangalla Babe with Head tightly bound | [32] |
| A Five-Foot Beard | [34] |
| Styles of Aruwimi Head-Dress | [34] |
| The Witch | [38] |
| Slave Graveyard on the Island of San Thomé | [38] |
| The Witch Doctor with his Charms for Every Ill | [40] |
| A Native Planter in his Funtumia Plantation, Southern Nigeria | [50] |
| Rubber Collectors, Kasai River, Upper Congo | [50] |
| Women Pounding Oil Palm Nuts | [54] |
| Grinding Corn on the Kasai, Upper Congo | [56] |
| A Christian Couple returning from the Gardens towards Sunset | [58] |
| Weaving Cloth in the Kasai, Upper Congo | [58] |
| “Twin Pots” hoisted on Forked Sticks either side of Pathway in honour of newly born Twins, Bangalla, Congo | [70] |
| Wild Flowers growing on Trunk of Forest Tree | [78] |
| “The Story the Graveyards Tell” | [78] |
| Cataract Region below Stanley Pool, Belgian Congo | [94] |
| Dr. Sapara of Lagos, a Medical Man in the Service of the British Government | [110] |
| Cocoa Farm, Belgian Congo | [134] |
| A Congo Chief with some of his Wives and “Basamba” Concubines | [144] |
| A Hunter’s “Lucky” Fetish | [146] |
| Prince Eleko and Council, Southern Nigeria | [168] |
| Land Formation, Loanda, Portuguese Angola | [170] |
| Chancel and North Wall of disused Dutch Church, Loanda ([see page 171]) | [172] |
| Cocoa Carrying, Belgian Congo | [174] |
| Entrance to Cocoa Roça, Principe Island (Portuguese) | [174] |
| Slaves on San Thomé | [180] |
| Disused Slave Compound in rear of House, Catumbella | [180] |
| Slaves on Cocoa Roça, Principe Island | [184] |
| The End of the Slave. Two Slaves carrying Dead Comrade in Sack to Burial | [184] |
| Gum Copal for Sale, Upper Congo | [214] |
| Government Ivory and Rubber, Upper Congo | [214] |
| An Avenue of Oil Palms: Ten Years’ Growth | [226] |
| “Walking” up to Gather Fruit. Weaver Birds’ Nests on the Palm Fronds | [230] |
| Heads of Oil Palm Fruit | [230] |
| The Oil Palm in the Grip of Its Parasitic Enemy:— | |
| The Creeper at an Early Stage | [232] |
| Root and Branch in Deadly Grip | [232] |
| Fine Heads of Oil Palm Fruit | [234] |
| Carrying Rubber Vines to Village | [240] |
| Extracting Rubber, Kasai River, Upper Congo | [240] |
| Cocoa on San Thomé. Termite Track visible on the Trunk of Tree | [246] |
| Cocoa Drying in Sun | [256] |
| The Crucifix in African Fetish Hut on the Island of San Thomé | [272] |
| Ruin of once imposing Church on the Island of Principe | [272] |
| Interior of Missionaries’ House. Basel Industrial Mission Furniture made by Gold Coast Industrial Scholars | [284] |
| Map of Central and South African Colonies with “Mother Countries” Drawn To Same Scale | [at end of text] |