In sunny Nigeria; experiences among a primitive people in the interior of North Central Africa.

Author(s): Helser, Albert D. 1897-  (Albert David),

Publication: New York, Fleming H. Revell

Year: 1926

Description: 188 pages illustrations 20 cm

Language: English

Contents: Introduction -- Preface -- Going out -- Founding a mission -- On trek -- The first three years -- The Bura language -- Down the Benue -- Civilizing agencies -- Mohammedanism in Nigeria -- A primitive school -- Bura religion -- Preaching on tour -- Wild game -- The native hunt -- The medicine-man -- A Christian hospital -- Native industries -- A Bura market -- Marriage -- A Bura woman in her home -- A Bura household -- Women and children -- Social life in Buraland -- Bura legends and songs -- Bura government, ancient and modern -- The Bura tribe -- Witchcraft and charms -- Burial -- Lost in the African woods -- "Come quickly!"

Hardcover