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Native life in East Africa

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An ethnographer records an extended research expedition along coastal and inland regions of East Africa, providing close descriptions of village life, kinship patterns, initiation rites such as unyago, dance and mask traditions, craft production, domestic architecture, subsistence practices, and funerary customs among groups encountered. The account interleaves caravan travel and fieldwork logistics with encounters with local leaders, artifact collecting, and analytical reflections, and is supplemented by detailed illustrations, plans, and ethnographic notes that document material culture and social institutions.

INDEX

  • Abdallah bin Malim, Wali of Mahuta, 352 et seq.;
    • his noisy devotions, 399–400
  • Achmed bar Shemba, song by, 31
  • Adams, Pater, on the Makonde, 259–60
  • African continent, conformation of in relation to Colonization, 415
    • race, original home, question of, 12
  • African Fund, the, 9, 10
  • Age-classes, 304
  • Akundonde, Yao chief, information from, 140, 184
    • settlement of, 212,
      • visit to, 213 et seq.
  • Alum, as water-clarifier, 153–4
  • Ancestor-worship, 326
  • Antelope-hunting, 200–1
  • Anthropology, difficulties of, in G.E. Africa, 53
  • Artistic aptitudes of Natives (see also Drawings), 36
  • Asiatic origin of African races, discussed, 12, 13
  • Assuan dam, the, lessons from for Germany, 413–5
  • Astronomical beliefs and customs, Yao, 184–5
  • Atlantic Ocean, historical density, 6
  • Axes, etc., bewitched, 210–12
  • Babies, see Children & Infants
  • Bagamoyo roadstead, 2
  • Bakeri of Zanzibar, 140, 142–3
  • Bangala river, Camp at mouth of, 208
  • Bantu imitation of the Masai, 118
  • Baraza, the, 65,
    • described, 135
  • Bards, 170, 175
  • Bark-cloth, ceremonial uses of, 276–7, 313
    • manufacture of, 274 et seq.
  • Barnabas as artist, 367–8
  • Birth customs
  • Black race, distribution of, explanation of, 13
  • Boots, question of, 71
  • Bornhardt on the geology of German East Africa, 66, 67–8
  • Botanical features (see also Bush), Masasi region, 69
  • Bows and arrows, 74
    • methods of using, 75–6
    • as toys, 285
  • Boys’ initiation ceremonies, see Lupanda, and Unyago
  • Brass-founding, native, 267–70
  • British Colonial Empire, comments on, 417
  • Burial customs,
  • Bush and Scrub vegetation, 51, 52, 60
  • Bush-burning, 58–61, 255, 257
  • Bwalo, the, 231 & note
  • Calico, as dower, 306
  • Camp life, 83–4
  • Cape Banura, 24, 25
  • “Cape rubies,” 209, 210
  • Carnon, Archdeacon of Masasi, 45
    • hospitality of, 74
  • Carriers, see also Wanyamwezi,
    • difficulties with, 393
    • paying off of, and farewell to, 393–4, 400, 405–7
  • Cattle, Matola’s, 138,
    • stampede by, 164
  • Central Lukuledi Valley, lions in, 245
  • Chain-gangs, 28, 44,
    • native drawing of, 371
  • Charms (Dawa), 129;
    • used in Majimaji rebellion, 51
  • “Cherchez la femme!” 397–9
  • Child-life, native, G.E. Africa, 157–8 & note, 284 et seq.
  • Children, native, characteristics of, and aspect, 148
  • Chingulungulu, author’s stay at, 104 et seq.
    • description of, 134 et seq.
    • diseases noted at, 192
    • meaning of name, 104 note
    • native amusements at, 169
      • characteristics, 106
    • route to, from Mkululu, 126–7
    • water-supply at, 150–2
  • Chipini, the, see Nose-pin
  • Chiputu or girls’ initiation or Unyago ceremonies, 218, 219, 230 et seq.,
      • dances at, 220, 223,
      • songs at, 232–4,
      • maskers at, 235–7,
      • stilt-dancers at, 236–7
    • Matambwe form, 239 et seq.
    • nature of, 304–5
    • witnessed by author, 299
  • Chironji, insular mountain of, 69
  • Chiwata, Nakaam, chief of, 108
  • Christianity, versus Islam for Natives, 70
  • Chronology, native, 145, 146
  • Cinematograph work, 27, 34, 177, 218, 237, 356
  • Clan names, and Clan system, 279, 310, 312 et seq.
  • Climate and appetite, 43
  • Cloth, see Bark-cloth & Calico
  • Colonial Congress, the First, 10
  • Colonization in Eastern Equatorial Africa, 4, 45
  • Collecting methods and collections, 362 et seq., 386
  • Collins’ dynamometer
    • tests of Europeans, 8
    • tests of Natives, 39
  • Colonists, industry essential in, 416
  • Combs, native, 124
  • Corn-grinding by women, 163,
    • methods of, 165–6
  • Cotton cultivation at Saadani, 415
  • Couch of native chief, 129
  • Crocodiles, Rovuma river, 346, 347
  • Crops, prevalent near Masasi, 92
  • Currency, G.E. Africa, 101–3
  • Dances, native, child-performers of, 284–5 & note
    • at Chiputu ceremonies, 220, 223
    • at Dar es Salam, 26
    • Masewe, 296
    • Ngoma, 62
    • Pantomimic, at Mahuta, 354
    • Stilt, 176
    • by Sulila, the bard, 172
    • at Unyago ceremonies, 181 et seq., 296
    • Women’s (see also Chiputa supra), 62, 64
    • Yao, 177
  • Dar es Salam, harbour and bay, 1, 2 & note
    • life at, 26 et seq.
    • Mangoes at, 409
  • Daudi, native preacher, 155, 250
  • Dawa, see Charms
  • Death, omens of, 210, 212, 273
  • Death and Burial customs
    • Makonde, 259
    • Yao, 396 & note
  • Dernburg, Herr, 418
  • Diabolo playing, native, 379–80 & note
  • Doherr, Captain, 411
  • Domestic animals and Birds at Matola’s, 137–8
    • Pigeons, 91
  • Doors, and fastenings, Makonde, 262
  • Dove-cotes, native, 91
  • Drawing, native powers of, 36–9, 72–3, 99–101, 168, 366 et seq.
  • Dress of Matola, 147
    • of Nakaam, 146–7
  • Dress and clothing, native past and present, 274
    • Yao women, 49
  • Drinking customs, 170, 186
  • Drums, 62, 241
    • at Chiputu ceremonies, 241
    • toy, of children, 290
    • tuning of, by fire-heat, 222
    • of Unyago dances, 181
    • various ways of playing, 222–3
  • Drummers, sacred, 301
  • Dwellings, see Huts and Dwellings
  • Ear-discs or Studs, 56, 219, 260
  • East Africa, see also German East Africa
    • Coast harbours on, geological origin of, 25
    • Orography of, 66–9
  • Equatorial, Colonization in, history of, 4
  • Eclipses, Yao beliefs and customs concerning, 184
  • Egg, use of at Chiputu ceremonies, 233
  • Elephants near the Rovuma, 209, 345, 350–1
  • Endurance, native, 40
  • Europeans in the tropics, characteristics of, 41, 42
    • Food-consumption by, 43
  • Ewerbeck, Herr Commissioner, 26, 44, 46, 48, 58, 73, 140, 335, 409
  • Exogamy in East Africa, 189, 282
  • Fashion, African and European, 57–8
  • Farming, native, 415, 419–20
  • Festivities, native, at Mahuta, 376
  • Fever, curious form of, 252–3
  • Feet, effect on, of Jigger, 251–2
  • Filter, an improvised, 152
  • Fish-drying stages, Rovuma river, 202
  • Finger-nails, brittleness of, at Newala, 251, 254
    • loss of, by Knudsen, 254–5
  • Fire, in Unyago ceremonies, 300, 302
  • Fire-arms, use of, by natives, 198
  • Fire-production, and maintenance, 195–8
  • Flies, torment from, 147–8, 246
  • Flutes, ipivi, 291
  • Floors, earthen, in native huts, 65, 135
  • Food, native staple, 84
  • Foresight of Natives, 89–91, 94–5
  • Gama, Vasco da, and East Africa, 4
  • Games and toys, 284 et seq.
  • Garnet-mine at Luisenfelde, 78, 209
  • Geographical Exploration of the German Colonies, Committee for, 10
  • Geology and Anthropology in study of Race-development, 13–14
  • German East Africa
    • considerations affecting succession, 415 et seq.
    • cotton cultivation in, 415
    • soil of, and agricultural possibilities, 415–6
    • musical backwardness of tribes in, 174
    • rivers of, 414–5
    • south-east corner of, 46
    • water-supply questions in, 414–5
  • German Imperial Post in East Africa, 111
  • Germans, the, characteristics of, 8, 24
    • colonial, social difficulties of, 41
  • Gestures indicative of
  • Ghost stories, 327–8
  • Girls, attitude to, of parents, 281–2
    • puberty of, customs at, 315
    • seclusion of, 292
  • Go-betweens, matrimonial, 306
  • Grain-storage, 89–91, 136–7
  • Graves, native, 53, 54, 132, 183, 194 & note
    • of Makua chief, 264
    • trees at, 326–7
    • Yao, features of, 214
  • Guillain, Admiral, book by, on African History, etc., 3
  • Haber, Geheimrat, Acting Governor, 17
  • Hair, arrangement of, various tribes, 260 note
  • Hamitic races, original home of, 12;
    • tribes descended from, 11
  • Hanno, and the grass-burning, 58
  • “Hapana” and “bado,” 123
  • Hatia I, grave of, 194
  • Hatia III, Sultan, grave of, 53, 54
  • Hatia IV, “Sultan” of the Makua, 53,
    • wife carried off by lion, 54
  • Hearths, 129, 136
  • Hemedi Maranga, Corporal, 245
  • Henderera’s village, 334
  • Head-shaving, Makonde, reason for, 259, 260 & note
  • Historic sense, the, 417
  • Hunting, native interest in, 198
  • Hunting-dances, Makua tribe, 177–81
  • Huts over graves, 194 & note
  • Huts and Dwellings
  • Ikoma dance, 223
  • Indian Ocean, historical importance of, 6, 7
  • Infant life, native, 63, 157–8 & note, 281–4, 351
    • mortality, 88
  • Infants, still-born, Makua graves of, 132
  • Initiation ceremonies, see Chiputu, Lupanda, and Unyago
  • Interiors, visits to, 88 et seq.
  • Ironworking, native, 26
  • Island camp, Rovuma, river, 207–8
  • “Island” mountains, East Africa, 66–9
  • Islam, versus Christianity for Natives, 70
  • Italy, disafforestation in, 5, 6
  • Jäger, Dr., 10,
    • geographical tasks of, 11
  • Jigger, havoc wrought by, 87–8, 251–2
  • Justice, trials, punishments, etc., 27, 28, 121–3, 135
  • Juma, drawing by, 168
  • Jumbe Chauro, Makonde huts and fastenings at, 261–3 & note
  • Kazi Ulaya, kerosene and fatalism, 86, 87
  • Kakale sticks, uses of, 291, 297
  • Keloid patterns (scars), 56–7, 223, 260, 356, 359 et seq.
  • Kibwana, author’s “boy,” 20, 167
  • Kiheru river, 401
  • Kilwa, pori beyond, 46
  • Kilwa Kisiwani, associations of, 23
  • Kitulo heights, 404,
    • view from, 44
  • Kitututu, insular mountain of, 69
  • Knots, as calendar, 328–9
    • as records, 330
    • tying of, Akundonde on, 186
  • Knudsen, Nils, 61
    • hunting of, 392
      • accident to, 394 et seq.
    • official duties of, 77–8
    • services secured, 190, 191
    • superstitions of, 397–9
    • Yao wife of, 307
    • on the Wangoni, 333
  • Kofia tule, a quaint name, 110
  • Kondoa-Irangi expedition abandoned, 17
  • Labrets, 219
  • Lake Eyasi, peoples near, 11
    • Manyara, peoples near, 11
  • Langheld, Captain, and the Wangoni, 339
  • Last, J. T., on the Makua lip ornament, 56
  • Laughter under difficulties (pelele-wearers), 219
  • Lepers in German East Africa, 107, 192
  • Lichehe Lake, 204
  • Lidede Lake, the, 335–6
  • Likoswe, Che, “Mr. Rat,” a bard
    • dress of, 176
    • name of, 280
    • songs by, 176–7
  • Likwata, women’s dance, 62–3,
    • words and music, 64
  • Linder, Herr, welcome from, at Lindi, 402–4
    • song on, 176–7
  • Lindi Bay, geology, etc., of, 25
    • District, rebellion in, 51
    • Town, 25
      • attractions of, 28
      • boom at, 393
      • execution at, 27
      • social conditions at, 41
      • and its hinterland, journey to, 17 et seq.
  • Linguistic notes on
    • difficulties of the student, 345
    • interchange of “l” and “r,” 373
    • Makonde language, 382 et seq.
    • pitch of voice, 119
    • prefixes, 156–7, 175 & note, 259 & note, 313
    • Wasandawi, 11
    • Wataturu, 12
  • Lions, boldness of, 54
    • distribution of, 209, 245
    • a fastidious, 209
    • song in praise of, 159
  • Lisakasa, or Unyago huts (q. v.), 296
  • Litotwe (rat) in carvings, 364
  • Liver, the, in “medicine,” 200
  • Livingstone, Dr., in Africa, 116 & note, 204 & note
  • Locks and keys, 263 & note, 264
  • Luagala, 401
  • Lugombo, the, musical instrument, 288–90
  • Luisenfelde mine, 78
    • visit to, 209–10
  • Lujende river, coal measures, 142
  • Lukuledi river, 25, 402
    • leper hospital at estuary of, 192
    • Valley, 48, 50
  • Lupanda, or initiation of Boys, 299
    • emblem of, 217
    • Yao form of, 300
  • Machemba, noted Yao chief, 239, 401
  • Mafia island, 23
  • Mafiti people, 341,
    • raids of, 248
  • Magic, native, 186, 324
  • Mahichiro’s grave at Witi, 194
  • Mahuta, original home of the Makonde, 259
    • huts of, 352
    • importance of, 332
    • scenery of, 335–6
  • Majaliwa, Wangoni chief, 340
    • forestry of, 348
    • new palace of, 349
  • Majeje country, “insular mountains” in, 67
  • Majimaji rebellion, the, 31, 51
  • Makachu, Wangoni chief, 337, 341
  • Mkomahindo, “insular mountain” of, 69
  • Makonde beds, the, 248
    • masks, 235
    • Plateau, 48, 66, 342–3
      • bush growth on, 60, 239, 255, 256, 257
      • configuration, area and surface of, 255
      • geological formation, 256
      • lack of water on, 248
      • natives on, characteristic features of, 265
        • distribution of, 248
        • industries of, 266–7 et seq.
      • rivers and streams of, 151
      • timber on, 348
      • view from, 255
  • Makonde tribe
    • ancestral traditions of, 258–9
    • death and burial customs, 259
    • huts, 231, 261–2
    • occupations of, 248–50
    • language, 382–3
    • marriage customs, 307
    • name of, explained, 259 & note
    • stilt-dancers, 236–7
  • Makua tribe
    • clans and clan names among, 313
    • dances of, 177 et seq.
    • death and burial customs, 132
    • hunters and hoe-tillers, 97
    • huts of, 261, 264
    • marriage customs, 307, 314
    • migrations, 118
    • mouth-stones of girls, 322–3 & note
    • traps of, 97–8
    • women’s initiation ceremonies, 218 et seq., 230 et seq.
  • Malay fire-pump, 197
  • Mamba, Seliman, rebel leader, 29
  • Mambo, 339
  • Mangupa village, Matambwe Chiputu at, 239, 240 et seq.
  • Manhood and womanhood initiation ceremonies, 170
  • Maps drawn by natives, 373 et seq.
  • Marching, life during, 78 et seq.
  • Marriage customs, native, G. East Africa, 189, 282, 305, 30, 314, et seq.
  • Marquardt, Herr, of Luisenfelde Mine, 209;
    • death of his child, 210, 373
  • Masai race, origin of, 12
    • characteristics of, 70 et seq.
    • huts of, 86, 88–9
  • Masange marriage, 305 & note
  • Masasi district, area of, 66
    • Mountains, 248
      • botanical interest of, 69
      • geology, etc., of, 66–9
    • (place), missionaries at, 45 & note
  • Masasi races, tribal affinities of, 69, 70
  • Masasi-Rovuma plain, tribes upon, 139
  • Masekera Matola, chief and his family, 103
  • Masewe dance, 181–3, 296
  • Masks and masked dances, 235–7, 304, 363–4
  • Matambwe tribe, Chiputu among, 239 et seq.
    • past and present condition, 205
  • Matola (the elder), 142 & note, 143, 333
  • Matola (the younger) Yao chief of Chingulungulu, 108
    • dress of, 147
    • hospitality of, 132–3
    • house, etc., described, 134 et seq.
    • and sick child, 292–5
    • on Bakiri of Zanzibar, etc., 142–3
  • Matola Salim, see Salim
  • Matriarchy in G.E. Africa, 189, 307, 314
    • laws of inheritance under, 309
  • Mavia Plateau, 343
  • Mavia tribe, 261
  • Mazitu (see also Wangoni), inroads, 116 & note, 117
  • Mchauru, interests at, 224–5
  • Mchinga Bay, 24
  • Medical demands on travellers, 86 et seq.
  • “Medicines,” hunting, 199–201
    • for illness, 323
    • at Unyago of women, 233
  • Medula, the magician, 225 et seq.
  • Meyer, Prof. Hans, 10
  • Merker, Captain, on the origin of the Masai, 12
  • Meteorites, Yao belief as to, 184
  • Mgoromondo, see Xylophone
  • Migrations of native races, 48, 118, 139 et seq.
  • Mikindani, and its hinterland, journey to, 17 et seq.
  • Mikindani beds, the, 248
  • Mimicry among natives, 116, 118
  • Mixed races, how accounted for, 13
  • Mirambo of Unyanyembe, 401
  • Mitete (boxes) carven, 364–5
  • Mkwera, “insular mountains,” 68
  • Mkululu, 126
  • Mlipa, deceased chief, grave of, 264
  • Modesty, evolution of, and variants in, 131
  • Mombasa, importance of, 3
  • Moon, the, Yao beliefs and customs as to, 184–5
  • Moritz, author’s “boy,” 20, 167–9
  • Mothers-in-law, native, position of, 282, 307–8
  • Mosquitoes on the Rufiji river, 22
  • Mouth and lip-ornaments, various tribes (see also Labrets and Pelele), 55, 56 & note
  • Mouth-stones, of Makua girls, 322
  • Msolo tree, sacred in Makonde, 326
  • Mtandi Mt., an insular peak, 6, 9
    • ascent and aspect of, 71
  • Mtarika, Yao chief, death omen of, 212
  • Mtua, Yao natives at, 48, 49
  • Music, see Songs
  • Musical Instruments
  • Mwiti, home of Nakaam, 113
  • Mwiti river, 113
  • Myombo forest, see Pori
  • Nakaam of Chiwata, importance of, 108
    • at home, 113 et seq.
    • dress of, 146–7
    • interest of in foreign affairs, etc., 125–6
    • true origin of, 115–9
    • on the mixed character of the Yaos, 146
  • Namaputa ravine, 212
  • Names, native, clan, enquiries on, 312,
    • meanings and origins of, 310
  • Names, personal, 279
    • clan names, ib.
    • meanings, 279, 280 & note
    • new, assumed on initiation, 280
  • Namuki, insurgents, 31
  • Namwera women, dress of, arrangement of, 57
  • Native characteristics and habits, 52, 94, 120, 123, 144, 147, 152, 202, 246–7, 395,
      • summary of, 418–21
    • clothing, indigenous and imported, 274
    • cultivation, methods of, 257–8
    • eloquence, 143
    • estimate of time, 144–5, 246
    • handicrafts, 124
    • historical knowledge, 144
    • intellectual potentialities, 421
    • interest of, in European matters, 125
    • powers of resisting climate, etc., 88
    • teeth, premature decay of, 143–4
    • utilization of, 420
  • Natura, friction-drum, 290
  • “Nature-peoples,” the, some errors concerning, 90 et seq. & note
  • Naunge camp, 207
  • Navigation, of African natives, 21
  • Nchichira, 333,
    • author’s stay at, 336
  • Newala, climatic troubles at, 243 et seq.
    • diseases met with at, 323
    • grave at, of Matola I, 143
    • lack of water at, 250
    • life at, 243 et seq.
    • missionaries’ arrival at, 142 note
    • position of, view from, and climate at, 203
    • revisited, 230
    • old towns so-called, 250
  • Ngoma dances, 26, 62
  • Ngurumahamba, 48
  • Ningachi, the teacher, 366,
    • methods of, 381–2
  • Niuchi, Makua village, women’s initiation ceremonies at, 230 et seq.
  • Nkunya, famous shauri of, 142, 143
  • Nose-pins, or studs, 49, 130–1, 219, 341
  • Nyangao, Benedictine Mission at, ruined, 50
  • Oehler, Herr Eduard, 10,
    • geographical tasks of, 11
  • Omari, author’s cook, 20, 208, 387
    • as artist, 371
    • characteristics, 167–9
    • escape of, from lion, 209
  • Omens of evil, 210, 212, 373
  • Ornaments and ornamentation, personal, of Natives
    • Bangles, 222
    • Ear-discs, 56
    • Keloids (scars), 57, 223
    • Labrets, 219
    • Nail in lower lip, 56 & note
    • Nigutila, or lip-pin, 56
    • Nose-pins, 49, 130–1
    • Pelele (q. v.), 55–6, 219
  • Owl as omen of Death, 210, 373
  • Pacific Ocean, historical importance of, 6
  • Parents, native respect for, 188, 189, 282
  • Pelele, the, 232, 240, 260
    • effect of, on articulation, 383
    • laughter by wearers, effect of, 219
    • at Mahuta, 306 et seq.
    • of Makonde women, 56
    • of Wamwera women, 55–6
  • Personnel of author’s expedition, 20
  • Pesa Mbili, caravan leader, 30, 31
  • Phonograph experiences, 26, 30, 34, 148, 155 et seq., 172–?
    • magic ascribed to, 320–1
    • native enjoyment of, 34–6
    • results, 385
  • Photographic experiences, 34, 95, 284, 320, 356,
    • and results, 384
  • Pigeon-trap, 96
  • Pigeons, kept by natives, 91
  • Pigs, Matola’s, 137–8
  • Pile-dwellings Rovuma valley, 319
  • Pombe, native beer, 93–4
  • Pori, the, 46
    • definition of, 60–1
    • lions on, boldness of, 55
  • Porter, Canon, of Masasi, 46
  • Portuguese, the, in East Africa, 4
  • Pottery-making, native, 270 et seq.
  • “Problem play,” native, 378
  • Race-development, problem of, discussed, 13
  • Rage, fits of, in white men in Africa, 41
  • Rainfall, G.E. Africa, 415
  • Rat trap, native, 98
  • Recurrent Fever Tick, the, 106–7
  • Red sea, the, 7
  • Results of author’s Expedition, 384 et seq.
  • Rhythm, assistance of, to work, 389–90
  • Riddles, Yao, 160 & note, et seq.
  • Rivers, G.E. Africa, drawbacks of, 414, 415
  • Roads in G.E. Africa, excellence of, 239, 333–4, 404
  • Roads, 333–4
  • Rondo Plateau, 50
  • Roofs, Makonde, 262,
    • and Yao, 65
  • Rovuma river, crocodiles in, 206, 346–7
    • delights of, 204 et seq.
    • fertile valley of, 260;
      • beauties of, 342–4
    • game in, 260
    • march to, 203–4
    • native farming along, 419
    • region of, past and present condition, 116
    • shifting course of, 206
    • wild animals near, 20, 209, 344, 350
  • Rovuma, steamer, 20
  • Rufiji river, mouths of, 21
  • Rufiji, steamer, 18,
    • voyage in, 19 et seq.
  • Saadani, cotton cultivation at, 415
  • Saidi Kapote, village, 402
  • Saleh, author’s erstwhile Corporal, 245
  • Sarcopsylla penetrans, see Jigger
  • Seats, superior, at Sefu’s, 238
  • Secret societies, 304
  • Sefu bin Mwanyi, Akida, 230, 238
  • Serpents and snakes, native tales about, 51
  • Seyfried, Captain, 44,
    • culinary skill of, 43
  • Shabruma, Wangoni rebel leader, 111
  • Shemba, Achmed bar, Sol, march sung by, 31–4
  • Shume forest, 349
  • Simba Uranga estuary, Rufiji river, 21
  • Sketching, value of skill in, 98–100
  • Skin-colour, various tribes, 52–3
  • Slaves, freed, see Wanyasa
  • Sling, the, 286–7
  • Smells, African, 82, 147, 223, 240, 246
  • Snake, crowing, “songo” song, etc., about, 159–60 & note
  • Soldiers, native, 386
  • Somali wreckers, 15
  • Songs, words and music, native, 264–5, 328
    • at Chiputu ceremonies, 232 et seq. 240
    • at Dar es Salam, 26–7
    • March sung by Sudanese soldiers, 31–4
    • by Sulila, 172, 173–4
    • Wanyamwezi carriers’, 30, 31, 389–92
    • Yao, 156, 159
  • Souls, departed, dwellings of, 324, 326, 327
  • Spiegel, Lieutenant, 401
  • Spinning, by Medula, the magician, 225, 228–9
  • Stilts, dancing on, 176, 376
  • Stamburi as artist, 368
  • Strandes, Justus, book by, on history of E. Africa, 4
  • Strength, physical, European and native dynamometer tests, 40
  • Stuhlmann, Dr. Franz, culinary, skill of, 42
  • Sudanese soldiers, march of, music and words, 31–4
  • Sulila, the bard, 170 et seq.
  • Swastika, the, at Nakaam’s house, 114
  • Tails of animals, in magic, 215 note
  • Tanga, port, 2
    • importance of, 411–12
    • native education at, and music, 412
  • Telephone, an African, 290–1 & note
  • Tembes, described, 86
  • Throwing-sticks, 286–7
  • Tick, the, of Recurrent Fever, 106–7
  • Timber of Makonde Plateau, 348
    • of the Rufiji delta, 21, 22
  • Time, native means of reckoning, 145, 246, 328–9
  • Tobacco, chewing and snuffing of, at Chingulungulu, 147
  • Toothbrush, native, 404
  • Tops, various kinds of, 287–8 & note
  • Totemism, defined, 312
    • traces of, in G.E. Africa, 313
  • Traps, native, for various animals, 96–8
  • Trees at graves, 326–7
  • Tree-worship, 324 et seq.
  • Troops, disposal of, 28
  • Trunk of elephant, tip buried by hunters, 201
  • Tsetse-disease in cattle, Chingulungulu, 138
  • Tsetse-fly areas, 419
  • Twins, native views on, 283
  • Ugali porridge, native staple food, 84,
    • how prepared, 166
  • Uganda Railway, and Mombasa, 3
  • Ulimba, musical instrument, 288
  • Umbekuru, river, 46
    • basin of, projected railway across, 69
  • Unguruwe Mountain, 53
    • Hatia I’s grave on, 194
  • Unyago or initiation ceremony, 170
    • after customs, 304
    • arrangements for, and course of, 295 et seq.
    • author’s presence at, 214 et seq.
    • bark-cloth, used in, 277
    • dances during, 181 et seq.
    • initiation seats, 183
    • instruction given during, 187–9
    • value of author’s notes on, 386
  • Upupu plant, 239,
    • delights of, 240 & note
  • Usambara railway, 411
  • Usanye (millet), the weeping, omen of Death, 212
  • Vohsen, Herr, of Luisenfelde Mine, 209
  • Waburunge tribe, origin of, 11
  • Wafiomi tribe, origin of, 11
  • Wairaku tribe, origin of, 11
  • Wairangi tribe, origin of, 12
  • Wakindiga tribe, racial affinities of, 11
  • Walking-powers of natives, 125
  • Wamatambwe tribe, famous swimmers, 346
  • Wambugwe tribe, origin of, 12
  • Wamburu tribe, origin of, 11
  • Wamwera tribe, 48
    • characteristics, 62
    • huts of, 50
    • location and condition of, 50
    • rebellion of and consequences, 17, 53, 383
    • skin-colour of, 52
  • Wanduwandu, Knudsen’s boy, 392,
    • fate of and funeral, 395,
    • his grave, 397
  • Wanege tribe, racial affinities of, 11
  • Wangindo tribe, 139
  • Wangoni enclave, 332–3
    • natives of, observations on, 336 et seq.
  • Wangoni tribe, immigration of, 116 & note, 117–8
    • huts, 338
    • language and history, 339 et seq.
    • rebels, 111,
      • raids of, 118
    • true origin of, 341
  • Wanyamwezi tribe, carriers of, characteristics (see also Songs), 20, 23, 29, 80, 203, 418–9
  • Wanyasa, the, of Masasi, 70
  • Wanyaturu tribe, origin of, 12
  • Wasandawi tribe, language of, 11
  • Wawasi tribe, origin of, 11
  • Wataturu or Tatoga tribe, origin, and language, 12
  • Water, neighbourhood, why avoided by Makonde, 259–61
  • Water-supply, author’s precautions, 153–4
    • G.E. Africa, difficulties with, 150, 250–1
  • Weddings, native, 307–8
  • Weule, Dr., passim, ethnographical and ethnological tasks of, 11
  • Werther, Captain, view by of the Wakindiga, 11
  • Whirlwinds on the pori, etc., 61, 62, 149, 150, 217
    • charms against, 129–30
  • Winds, evening, 119, 126–7, 209, 247, 402
  • Wood-carving, native, 363–5
  • Words of dances, see Songs
  • Woman, primitive, debt of civilization to, 271–3
  • Women (see also Girls, Marriage, Married Life) native, Eastern Equatorial Africa and inland, position of and duties, 162–3 et seq.
    • cry of, 231–2 & note, 297–8, 317
    • of Mahuta, 355 et seq.
    • Makua, ornaments of, 219, 222, 223
      • nose-pins, 130–1
    • Wamwera, ornaments of, 55–7
    • Wooden figures of, 260
    • Yao, dress and ornaments of, 49, 219
  • Wonder-tales, native, 210, 212
  • Wooden figures of women, 260
  • Xylophone, native, 288, 319
  • Yao tribe, clan divisions, names of, 311 et seq.
    • dances of, 177
    • dandy of, 213
    • death and burial customs of, 194 et seq.
    • drinking customs, 186
    • huts of, 65, 128–9, 261–2
    • Lupanda among, 300
    • migrations of, 48, 49, 118, 139, 140 et seq.
    • origin and racial affinities of, 139
      • mixed character of, 146
    • predominant at Chingulungulu, 139
    • treatment of lepers, 192
    • wooing, 305–6
  • Zanzibar, Sultans of, and Dar es Salam harbour, 2
  • Zanzibar treaty, the, 9
  • Zulu kingdoms, origins of, 117
  • Zuza, Yao chief, house of, 128 et seq.