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Night and morning in dark Africa (1902)

Johnson, Harry, London Missionary Society · London, London Missionary Society · leaf 118

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I { ■ ' JI4 NIGHT AND MORNING IN DARK AFRICA performers, some of the dancers arrive with bells and rattles secured to their legs to increase the din made by the drums, hands, and voices. When the moon is at the full their energy is remarkable, for they will begin the dance early in the evening and… … A SOCIAL PARTY. in progress at the same time the number present is too great for all to join in. Then the onlookers, standing round the circle, enter so fully into the dance that their faces beam with joy, and they sway their bodies to and fro to keep time with the dancers. The Alungu very much…

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