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55 At the Back of the Black Man's Mind By R. E. Dennett Axe. Xitali kukuanga nunkuanga kwinu. When a man is about to die he says: "You may be killing me, but there is one who will avenge me." Hoe. Nkuku sengo kufua nkuku li ambu (kufua) mpe. " The hoe may rust and vanish, but the word lasts for ever." This refers of course to their everlasting palavers, but it has the higher sense also. Ngonje. Beno nuzabici minu i li fumu'nci Budu lu ncikila ngonje. " Let all know that only on the death of a Prince, and by a Prince, can the ngonje be struck." www.globalgrey.co.uk
56 At the Back of the Black Man's Mind By R. E. Dennett Bikula. The four royal drums, representing the four fingers on the hand. Bikula õuaci ku muntu ku fua bikula ku cikila mpe una ba cikila fumu ci. "The drums that are heard by man only on the death of a great prince, and not at other times." Ma Ku Ku. The three lumps of ant-hill-earth, which women place under their pots to support them while their food is being cooked. Ma Ku Ku ba tatu nzunga ku duku ka mpe. "A pot on three stones does not upset." When a woman comes with a matet25 upon her head in which bottles of water are carried, she places them at her husband's feet, and if well educated, salutes him by clapping her hands three times, and says "makuku batu nzunga kuduku ka mpe." One day an old lady visited me. She had taken nkasa, the poisonous bark, to prove to the world that it was not she who had caused death. She was wearing the red collar to show the people that she had taken nkasa and that successfully. On one side of this red neck-scarf or collar, which is bound with white tape, were represented the moon, a native axe and a native hoe, and at the bottom the sun. This picture gives us the idea of the moon's place in creation, as the woman working with 25 Long native basket made of palm leaves www.globalgrey.co.uk
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