A Camera Actress in the Wilds of Togoland / The adventures, observations & experiences of a cinematograph actress in West African forests whilst collecting films depicting native life and when posing as the white woman in Anglo-African cinematograph dramas

INDEX

• Accra, 286, 303, 307
  
• Agbandi, 62;
  
  • native giant at, 63
• Aledjo, beauty and healthfulness of, 85;
  
  • mission station at, 86;
  • grass fires at, 87, 281
• Alfred, our interpreter, 54, 102, 103, 169, 244, 309
  
• Anâ, native village, 57, 60
  
• Antelope, 134, 151, 152, 153
  
• Arrows, poisoned, European shot by, 142
  
• Ashantis, 159
  
• Asmani, Schomburgk's personal "boy," 179, 229, 309
  
• Atakpame, 28;
  
  • Catholic Mission at, 50, 63, 186, 275, 284, 286, 295
• Audassi, 66
  
• Babies, native, 270
  
• Bafilo, the bairam festival at, 90;
  
  • cotton industry at, 92;
  • artificial "pearls" made at, 95, 251
• Banjeli, 237; beautiful situation of, 238;
  
  • arrival of mail at, 241;
  • a pig purchased at, 242;
  • punishing carriers at, 244;
  • chief of, 245, 249, 250
• Bapure, 112
  
• Bassari, 239, 241;
  
  • iron market at, 247, 250, 251;
  • station house at, 252;
  • Mr. Muckè, Sub-District Commissioner of, 252;
  • our house at, 253;
  • I entertain the wives of the Mallam Mohammed at, 257, 291
• Bats, a plague of, 139;
  
  • as food, 225
• Beapabe, native town, 251
  
• Bedford, Duke of, 19
  
• Beer, native, 111
  
• Bees, wild, 259
  
• Beetles, beautiful, 240
  
• Berger, Dr., 57 et seq.
  
• Betrothals in infancy of native girls, 264
  
• Birds, valuable feather-bearing in Northern Togo, 149, 150, 154
  
• Bremen, S.M.S., 26
  
• Buffalo, 20
  
• Butter, native, 139
  
• Bwete, native village, 145
  
• Cameras, damage to by heat, 136
  
• Cameroons, wireless station in, 299
  
• Chameleons, 209
  
• "Chief's mail," 184, 185
  
• Childbirth amongst native women, 268
  
• Children, native, government education of, 290
  
• Cinema acting, on board ship, 21;
  
  • in Madeira, 24;
  • at Kamina, 33;
  • at Paratau, 77;
  • at Lome, 305
• Cooking, native, 275
  
• Corn-bins, curious, at Tschopowa, 224
  
• Cotton industry, native, 92 et seq.
  
• Cowrie shells, as money, 97
  
• Crocodiles, 145, 189, 190
  
• Dagomba tribe, 214
  
• Dahomeyans, 159
  
• Death, native ceremonies at, 261, 262
  
• Dedaure, Mallam of, 288
  
• Dehn, Mr. and Mrs., 291
  
• Djabotaure, 64;
  
  • adventure at, 65, 293
• Djereponi, 208
  
• Elegante Welt, German fashion paper, 241
  
• Eleonore Woermamm, mail steamer, 310, 311
  
• Elephants, 18;
  
  • old spoor of, 121
• Fahnenfeld, Baron Codelli von, 29, 31, 36, 47, 196, 292, 296;
  
  • Baroness Codelli, 297, 301, 302
• Fetish groves, hidden practices in, 273
  
• Fever, 36, 101, 108
  
• Films, industrial, at Bafilo, 92 et seq., 97;
  
  • ethnological, at Mangu, 136;
  • travel, at Sumbu, 191;
  • historical, at Mangu, 200, 201;
  • Konkombwa, 218;
  • hippopotami, 225;
  • iron industry, at Banjeli, 246;
  • at Bassari, 257
• Fishing by natives in the Oti, 135
  
• Francolin, a kind of partridge, 134, 149
  
• Fulani, 137, 156, 159, 180
  
• Fulbe, 137
  
• Gerin-kuka, boisterous welcome to by the Konkombwa people, 115;
  
  • rest-house at, 117;
  • native "songu" at, 118
• Gourma, 138, 141, 142, 168, 176
  
• Grass fires, 143, 146
  
• Grey, Hon. W. H., 286
  
• Grouse, remarkable incident in connection with, 206
  
• Gruner, Dr., 140
  
• Hagenbeck, Carl, 19
  
• Hammock travelling, delights of in the African bush, 61;
  
  • being "sea-sick" in one, 66, 185
• Harmattan, 76;
  
  • at Mangu, 131;
  • a meteorological mystery, 198
• Hausas, 202, 203, 219, 225
  
• "Hausa load," 243
  
• Henny Woermamm, mail steamer, 21, 22, 26
  
• Hippopotami, 123, 146, 185 et seq., 225
  
• —— pygmy, 19, 185
  
• Hirschfeld, Captain von, 125, 127, 128, 132, 133, 137, 140, 143, 155, 199, 203, 205, 243, 253
  
• Hodgson, James, our camera man, 20, 50, 52, 97, 99, 100, 101, 119, 123, 124, 135, 136, 148, 150, 152, 156, 172, 174, 187, 189, 203, 206, 216, 225, 233, 237, 250, 256, 305
  
• Horses, our, waiting for us near Sokode, 67;
  
  • am badly kicked by my favourite one, 83;
  • accident to one, 109, 195, 286
• Hyena trapped, 138
  
• Ibubu, native village, 233;
  
  • "Roman Fort" at, 233;
  • trouble with carriers at, 235;
  • arrest of chief of, 239;
  • woman carriers from, 239, 243
• Insect pests, 38, 134
  
• Iron industry, native, at Banjeli, 245 et seq.
  
• Jewellery, native, 260
  
• Johnston, Sir Harry, 248
  
• Joyce, Atho, Mr., 248
  
• Kabre Mountains, 137
  
• Kabrischika, native boy, saves my baggage from fire, 298
  
• Kabu, welcome hospitality at, 111
  
• Kabures, native tribe, 63
  
• Kaiser's birthday, 203
  
• Kamaa, river, 253, 280
  
• Kamina, wireless station at, 29;
  
  • my house at, 29;
  • life at, 30 et seq.;
  • an adventure, 48, 196, 292, 295, 296 et seq.
• Kara, river, 122
  
• Katscha, river, 250, 251
  
• Kersting, Dr., 70, 85, 90, 234, 252, 254
  
• Kola nuts, 219, 259
  
• Konkombwa, first contact with, 112;
  
  • boisterous welcome by at Gerin-Kuka, 115, 138, 147, 211 et seq.;
  • dancers, 217 et seq., 231, 234, 236, 239, 247
• Kuepers, Mr., Government schoolmaster at Sokode, 68, 278, 286, 288, 289, 292
  
• Kugnau, native village, 227;
  
  • incident with the Konkombwa at, 231, 232, 237
• Lange, Mr., engineer, 57
  
• Las Palmas, 25, 310
  
• Leopard, adventure with a, 100, 194, 196
  
• Lizards, 38, 194
  
• Lome, capital and port of Togo, 21, 27, 184, 253, 284, 303, 304, 305, 307
  
• Madeira, 21 et seq., 196
  
• Magu, native village, 147, 197
  
• Malfakasa, 280;
  
  • the outlaw of, 283
• Mallam Mohammed, of Bassari, 257;
  
  • his house, 258;
  • his wives, 259
• Mangu, northernmost Government station in Togo, 125;
  
  • Mohammedans in, 130;
  • timber plantations in, 130;
  • new station house at, 131;
  • climate of, 131;
  • Christmas at, 133;
  • New Year's Eve festivities at, 133;
  • trees destroyed by beetles at, 134;
  • prisoners, native, at, 137;
  • stone quarry at, 137;
  • plague of bats at, 139;
  • native soldiers at, 199, 200;
  • filming Togo history at, 201, 202;
  • celebrating the Kaiser's birthday at, 203;
  • departure from, 205, 251, 278
• Manns, Lieutenant, 306
  
• Marabou stork, discovered in Togo by Major Schomburgk, 154;
  
  • feathers, 154
• Marriage customs, native, 264
  
• Mashukulumbwe people, anecdote concerning, 115
  
• Massow House, at Bassari, 252
  
• Mecklenburg, Duke of, Governor of Togo, 28, 51, 141, 231, 232, 305, 306, 309
  
• Messa, our cook, supposed desertion of, 53 et seq.;
  
  • returns with a young wife, 55;
  • he annexes our dining-table, 84, 160, 169, 180, 230, 277, 278, 309
• Monkey, our pet, 146, 243, 303
  
• Monkeys, wild, 47;
  
  • shooting a "dog" monkey, 96
• Mosquitoes, 31, 122, 144, 229
  
• Moving Picture Sales Agency, London, 184, 286
  
• Muckè, Mr., of Bassari, 252, 254, 255, 256, 292
  
• Natives, as "supers," 33;
  
  • averse to being photographed, 33;
  • views of on matrimony, &c., 42 et seq.;
  • perversity of, 51;
  • as carriers, 112;
  • wars, inter-tribal, 200;
  • as handicraftsmen, 247;
  • school for at Bassari, 258;
  • at Sokode, 288
• Najo, native village, 197
  
• Nambiri, 209; village chief of, 213, 249
  
• Nebel, Mr. Kay H., 67;
  
  • accident while acting with, 77, 88, 89;
  • leaves for Europe, 91
• Njamassila, 60
  
• "Odd Man Out," dramatic film, 21, 24, 91, 92
  
• Ostriches, 203, 234, 246, 303
  
• Oti, river, 122, 126, 134, 141, 144, 147, 148, 151, 156, 185, 188, 192, 227, 233
  
• "Outlaw of the Sudu Mountains," dramatic film, 86;
  
  • accident while rehearsing in, 88
• Oysters, fresh-water, in the Oti River, 192
  
• "Palaver," a woman, 101 et seq.;
  
  • a man, 104;
  • at Unyogo, over a soldier's wife, 207
• Panscheli, native village, 142, 185, 186, 188
  
• Paratau, 69;
  
  • native market at, 73;
  • children at, 74;
  • an unhealthy camp, 76, 278, 282, 291
• Parpart, Herr von, 261, 285, 291
  
• Plantations, timber, near Mangu, 130;
  
  • near Bassari, 254
• Poisons, kinds used by natives on their arrows, 142
  
• Polygamy, 267
  
• Porteous, Dr., 143
  
• Potatoes, a luxury in Togo, 278
  
• Quinine, importance of in West Africa, 50
  
• Ramadam, Mohammedan fast, 65
  
• Rentzel, Lieutenant von, 28
  
• Royal Anthropological Institute, 201
  
• Royal Geographical Society, 201, 248
  
• Salt, paying carriers in, 118;
  
  • as currency, value of in Northern Togo, 161, 171
• Schomburgk, Major Hans, 17 et seq., 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 38, 40, 50, 52, 55, 57, 61, 72, 78, 85, 88, 89, 95, 97, 100, 102, 104, 106, 110, 113, 115, 121, 123, 131, 134, 139, 140, 141, 144, 146, 147, 149, 152, 156, 170, 190, 195, 196, 203, 211, 223, 225, 227, 233, 236, 245, 252, 287
  
• Sleeping sickness, 287
  
• Soap, native made, 267
  
• Sokode, 68, 103, 159, 186, 234, 261, 283, 284, 285, 288, 292
  
• Soldiers, native, 199, 200
  
• "Songu," native rest-house, 137
  
• Sumbu, native village, 156, 164 et seq.;
  
  • inhabitants of, 171, 177
• Snakes, adventure with a venomous, 100, 183
  
• Sudu Mountains, 284
  
• Tabalo Mountain, 282
  
• Tamberma Fort, 128;
  
  • and people, 129, 130, 202
• Tax, head, native, 129
  
• Teneriffe, 25
  
• "Tick-birds," 188
  
• Tim plain, 284
  
• Tschaudjo, native tribe, 69 et seq.;
  
  • clever horsemanship of, 73;
  • mounted supers, 77, 265, 274, 285
• Tschokossi, native tribe, 128, 141, 145, 147, 156, 168, 176, 185, 192, 201, 265, 274
  
• Tschopowa, welcome by natives to, 221;
  
  • ceremonial dance at, 222;
  • marabou feathers worn by natives at, 222, 223;
  • big baobab tree at, 224;
  • curious corn-bins at, 225;
  • bats at, 225
• Tsetse-fly, 284, 287
  
• Turtles in the Oti River, 190
  
• Unyogo, 205;
  
  • a "woman palaver" at, 207
• Uro Djabo, paramount chief of the Tschaudjo, 69 et seq., 213
  
• Uro-Ganedo-Bo, 282
  
• Village, native, remarkable fortified, 164 et seq.
  
• Vultures as scavengers, 98, 139
  
• Vollbehr, Herr, paints my portrait, 306
  
• Widows, hard fate of, 274
  
• Wedding ceremonies, native, 265
  
• "White Goddess of the Wangora," dramatic film, 32 et seq., 90, 304
  
• Windhuk, wireless station at, 299
  
• Wireless telegraphy between Kamina and Berlin, 300
  
• Women and girls, native, 40 et seq.;
  
  • a young philosopher, 45;
  • filming the life of a native wife, 46;
  • women weavers at Bafilo, 94;
  • "abduction" of a girl, 102;
  • modesty of, 105;
  • wild at Sumbu, 164, 175, 200;
  • Konkombwa at Nambiri, 215;
  • a conjugal quarrel, 216;
  • as carriers, 238, 239;
  • slaves as iron miners at Banjeli, 246;
  • marriage customs, 264;
  • infant betrothals, 264;
  • illegitimate births, customs regarding, 264, 265;
  • wedding ceremonies, 265, 266;
  • polygamy, 267;
  • childbirth, 268;
  • fetish women, 272;
  • introcision, rite of, 272;
  • initiation ceremonies at puberty, 273
• "Zoo," London, two of Major Schomburgk's pygmy "hippos" in, 19;
  
  • Hamburg, 187, 235