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91 At the Back of the Black Man's Mind By R. E. Dennett people first appeal for the reason of a famine caused by want of rains to the Nganga Nyambi, the great diviner attached to this grove. It is evident that these powers are connected with ideas of life. The Nkungu and Nyambi groups are looked upon as the descendants of the four48 previous great families which as we have seen, include the winds. Of these 24 sacred groves of which the order was given me by the Bavili, no less than ig can, as it seems to me, without undue forcing, be brought into connection with the categories which we have already applied with success to the Seasons. This parallelism seems to me to be too striking for it to be possible to explain it as the result of coincidence. When I add that this formula may be applied with more or less success to the groups of sacred lands and rivers, to the sacred trees, to the omens and animals, I think you will agree that a good primâ facie case is made out for attributing to the Bavili something better than the fetishism (NDONGOISM) which is commonly regarded as the expression of their highest thought. There are many other groves, but although the writer has discovered the names of many he has not yet found a native capable of placing them in groups as the above have been. It is possible that there are 144 (i.e. 6 groups Of 24) or more 2 of these groves in the kingdom, or rather connected with the kingdom of Luango, but to undertake the discovery of them all would mean the appointing of a properly constituted mission and some years of labour. The names of the other groves discovered by the writer and the meaning of their names are as follows:- Name of Grove. Literal meaning. MUBA = a grove connected in some way with the MPUNGU group, the name of a district in Kakongo. Mu is a prefix, and BA is to be. MPUKULU = side of a house. XIFUSA = connected with XIVUMA FUSA is to bore. KAWMA = to add to. LUNGULULUBU = the very deep of motherhood. XIVUMA = of the stomach. MBANDA LUNGA = to guard the ascent. 48 Note the complete divining board and how OPELE (representing the eight discs) is the offspring of IFA as represented by his 16+ 1 palm kernels, Pl. XXI www.globalgrey.co.uk
92 At the Back of the Black Man's Mind By R. E. Dennett MPUMBA = DUMI = the north-east wind. NKONDO = the upper part of the legs of an animal. XIMBUNGU = of the quality of a drinking mug. XIBUTA = a bringing forth. XIQUANI = that holds himself apart. XIKANGA = a tying up. offspring of XIKAMACI. NXILUKA = a vomiting. offspring of XIKAMACI. XINGOMBE = of the nature of cattle. MANIA = stones that absorb. ZIMBU XIKOKO = the fly and mosquito hand in hand. MPESO = chalk. BALA = to think. connected with XIBWINJI. XINJILI = conglomerate rock. connected with XIBWINJI. MATALI = stones throwing out heat. MPUNZU ZINGA = the blot of life. KU SUNZI = the spreading nerve. XIBATA = of the penis. NJILI BECI = fish rock. ZIMBU BIFUNDI = the waters of the offspring. ZWANGANA = the house of another. LUSALA = feather. LUIBA = to forget. www.globalgrey.co.uk
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