# West African Studies/Index

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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