West African Studies/Index

by Mary Henrietta Kingsley

INDEX

A

Abiabok, 163, 180-184

Abiadiong, 180

Abonema (see New Calabar)

Abrah, oracle at, 172

Administration (see Crown Colony)

Adultery laws, 434, 454, 536

African—

acclimatisation of, West Indians, 53-54

agriculture, 341

nature of, 63, 124, 168, 177-178, 373

Alemba rapid fetish, 177

Alumah, King, 458

Amachree, King, 500, 503, 505

Аmomum, 56

Anamaquoa, 82

Ancestor Worship, 131-135

Andoni, 538-540, 553

Angola, 196, 283

Animal deities, 513, 515 (see Snake and Shark)

Ants―

Driver, 25-33

Myriaica molesta, 33, 34

Apothecary, 180-184

Ashantee, 115, 144, 368

Assini, 73, 83

Atlantis, 227

Ayzingo, 108

Azambuja, 258

B

Bafangh, 152

Bakele, 186

Bantu, 231 (see Negro)

Bar, custom, 523

Barbot, 46, 69, and Appendix III.

Basel mission, 110

Bastian, 137, 154

Baths, medical, 182, 183

Bence Island, 36

Benga, 90, 153

Benguella, 210, 286-287

Benin, Bight of, 4

fetish of, 141-144 (see Appendix I)

natives of kingdom, 448-468

Binger, 83

Bob Manuel, King, 507, 509

Bonny, 142, 495-509, 510, "free," 516, 540

Brahmanism, 119

Brass River, 140, 468–491

Bristol, 83

Brohemie, 458

Brüe Sieur, 271-273

Burial Customs, 144-150, 452-455

Bush fighting, 319 soul, 208, 209

C

Cabinda, 11, 186

Calabar, 54, 140-142

fetish, 144

history, 552-561

New, 491

Cameroons, 81, 231, 236, 238

Canoes, 99-101

Catfish, 96, 97

Centipedes, 81

Chamberlain, Rt. Honble. J., 307

Chambers of Commerce, 323

Charms, 163-169

Chiloango, 108-112

Clerks, 329, 357,

Coinage, native, 82

Colonial Office, 305, 324-330

Comey, 444, 447, 523

Competition, 417

Comte, 115

Congo―

Belge, 54

River, 102, 238

Cookey Gam, King, 497

Corisco, 89-90

Crabs, 105

Crocodiles, 2

worship of, 140

Crown Colony, 317, 319, 326, 361, 366, 390, 417-418

statistics, 348, 357

Crowther—

Bishop, 481

Archdeacon, 487, 509

"Customs," native, 451 (see Fetish)

fiscal, 408, 410, 413, 444, 447

D

Dahomey—

fetish, 144

fiscal, 347-348

Danfodio, 278

Dash, 446

De Brosses, 114

Debtors, 431, 433

Dennett, R. E., 154, 183, 186, 192

De Zurara, 252, 253

Dieppe, 256, 261-263

Diplomacy, 280

Direct taxation, 331

Disease (see Doctor)

ague, 184

boisi, 184

fvuma, 184

hysteria, 188

leprosy, 184

malignant melancholy, 188

pneumonia, 188

small-pox, 184-188

soul, diseases of, 199, 209, 213

worms, 184

yaws, 187

Doctor (see Apothecary)

clinical, 199-219

witch, 163, 169, 180, 182, 213

Dream-soul, 205, 207

Drum fish, 108

Duppy, 68

Dutch, 262, 268

Dye wood, 78

E

Eboes, 138 (see Ibo)

Ebony, 78

Ebumtup, 214

Edinburgh Review, 157

Egbo (see Law God)

Electrical fish, 107

Ellis, Sir A. B., 115-116, 132, 134-139

Elmina, 257

Emanequetta, 57

Expenditure (see Crown Colony)

Exports, 334

F

Face, throwing the, 165-167

Familiar spirits, 161

Fangaree charms, 164

Father, making, 146–148, 451

Fetish, 112–179

"customs," 173, 176, 450

days, 171, 174

definitions of, 113, 116, 119, 171

derivation of the word, 114

gods and goddesses—

Abassi-boom, 155

Mbuiri, 118

Nkala, 118

Nyankupong, 155

Nzambi 118, 137, 154

Nzambi Mpungu, 155

Sasabonsum, 117

Srahmantin, 137

House, description of, 170, 514

Man, 168, 171

Schools of, 137

Calabar, 144, 151, 160

Mpongwe, 151, 154, 160

Nkissism, 154–163

Tshi and Ewe and Yoruba, 139

Fiscal arrangements, 290 (see Crown Colony)

Fish, quality of, 95, 106-109

Fishing, appliances, 101-106

canoes, 99

Native methods of, 99-109, 488

Floating Islands, 103

French, early exploration by the, 250, 264

Statistics, Colonial, 347

Frogs, 66

Funerals, 145, 452-484

G

Ga, 138

Gesture, 237

Ghagas, 424

Glamour, 219

Gods (see Fetish), 141

Goethe, 121-123

Gorillae, 235, 236

Governor, 305, 328, 365

native, 450

Grain Coast, 56-61

of Paradise, 56-61

Guineamen, 83

Günther, Dr., 108

H

Hanno, 231-240

Head cutting, 525

Hero worship, 131-134

Hoheit, Landes and Ober, 400-405, 410

House system, 427, 475-478

Human sacrifices, 142-148

I

Ibbibios, 138

Igalwa, 153

Ijos, 448, 460

Immortal soul, 200, 207

Imports, 334

Inheritance, 453-475

Insects, 10-11

Islam and Fetish, 127

Ivory Coast, 68-73

trade of, 81-83, 347

J

Ja Ja, King, 497, 522, 527, 540-552

Jakris, 448-457, 459-460

Jam, 503

Jannequin, 248

Jews, 630

Jobson, 246-247

Ju Ju, 114 (see Fetish)

Long, 439, 444, 461, 480, 498

trade, 503

K

Kitty-Katty, 64

Kla, 200

Koromantin slaves, 140

Krumen, 52, 54, 56, 412, 429

Kufong, 163, 165

Kwo Ibo, 549, 552, and Appendix II

L

Labat, 131

Lagos, colony, 353

Land, 438

Landana, 194

Law, John, 271

Law, native—

adultery, 434, 536

god society, 160

property, 371, 427, 439, 475-478.

Leo Africanus, 231

Leopard worship, 140, 165

Liberia, 46, 52-54 (see Grain Coast)

Loanda, 108, 284

Loango, 212

Lucan, Dr., 194

Lyall, Sir Alfred, on witchcraft, 156, 158

M

Machinery 288

Maine, Sir Henry, 153

Malagens, 69

Malignant melancholy, 188-189

Manchester, 288, 351

Manilla, 82

Manioc, 190

Markets, 310

Maxwell, Sir Wm., 329

Meleguetta Coast, 51-61

Melli, 244-245, 426

Mendi, 164

Merolla, 197, 321

Minstrels, 149

Missionary, 320, 478, 509, 512, 556

Mohammedanism and Fetish, 126-127, 141

Monrovia, 46

Monteiro, 196

Mpongwe, 151

Mungo Mah Lobeh, 236

Murder, 454

Music, 64-66

Mutterrecht, 437

N

Nassau, Dr., 89, 130, 152-153, 159

Nana, 451, 458

Negro, 420-423

Nganga bilongo (see Apothecary)

Niger Company, 279, 306, 360, 394

Nkala, 118

Nkissism, 154-155, 163

Nyankupong, 155

Nzambi, 118, 137, 154-155, 159

Nzambi Mpungu, 118, 155

O

Obeah, 139, 140, 219

Ogi, 138

Ogowé, 45, 79, 102

Oko Jumbo, King, 522, 529–532

Ombuiri, 116

Opobo, 142, 532, 540-549

Ordeal, 160, 161, 490

Oru, 160

Oulof, 273

Ouwere, 143, 630

P

Palm oil, 15 (see Appendix I)

Panavia, 152

Paradise grains, 56-57

Parliamentary resolution (1865), 305, 307, 311

Pepple, King, 497, 510, 512, 517-521, 526

Pepper coast (see Grain)

Phoenicians, 227 (see Hanno)

Police, 333, 407

Poorah, 139

Portuguese, 114, 252–256, 281, 290

stone monuments, 259

Post-mortem, 211

Priests, 140-141, 160,169–170, 499, 505 (see Fetish Man)

Property―

ancestral, 428

family, 428

private, 428-429

Stool, 428

R

Railways, 287, 350

Religion, native (see Fetish)

Revenue, 309, 413 (see Crown Colony)

native, 444-447, 523

S

Sails, 100-101

Sataspes, 228

San Andrew, Rio, 58, 70, 73

Sanguin, 274

Sasabonsum, 116–117

Scorpion, 80, 81, 185

Senegal, 273, 275

Shadow-soul, 200, 207-208

Shake hand, 446

Shark, 501

Sierra Leone, 36, 139, 149, 344

resources of, 339

Sisa, 202-205

Sleep disease, 189-193

stages of, 192-193

Small-pox, 186-188

Smaltz, 273

Snake worship, 140, 483-490, 456

Sobo, 457

Societies, Secret, 139, 170, 556-566 (see Law God)

Song-net, 149-150

Soul, 199–200

Fetish view of the, 129-131

Division of the Human, 200-204

South Africa, 394

Spiders, 140

Spinoza 112-113, 120

Spirit and Matter, Native view of, Virtue, Native idea of, 129-130

Spirits, Classes of, 130

Familiar, 161

Touch of, 133

Srahmandazi, 146, 151, 202

Srahmantin, 137

Statesmanship, 311

Statistics, 348-357

T

Tchanga (Voudou), 139

"Them," 132

Theopompus, 226

Timber, 73-80

Timbuctoo, 277

Tom-toms, 64

Topping, 525

Tornadoes, 18–19, 47-48

Trade (see Crown Colony)

gold, 241-246, 257

palm oil, 354-359

rubber, 353

salt, 242-248, 339

timber, 78

tobacco, 248, 339

Tshi, 115, 137

Twins, treatment of, 148

Tylor, Professor, 115

U

Ukukive, 160

Umaru l'Haji, 278

V

Vegetation, 32-33

Virtue, Native idea of, 178

Volta, 96

Voudou, 139-140

W

Wanga (Obeah), 139-140, 219

War, 371

Warri, 143, 459, 630

Wealth, 438

"Well-disposed ones," 132

West Africa, Political aspect of, 310

West Indies, 302, 324

Will Braid, 493-497

Wills, 436

Winnebah, 175

Winnaboes, 471-474

Witchcraft, 157-168

law, 430 (see Fetish)

X

Xylophonic instruments, 65

Y

Yam custom, 174-175, 450

Yaws, 187

Z

Zaire, 102

 

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