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Travels and life in Ashanti and Jaman (1898)

Freeman, R. Austin (Richard Austin) 1862-1943. author · Westminster A. Constable and Company · leaf 91

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ADANSI AND BEKWE 63 In the afternoon I received a visit from the King of Kasi, who was quite a young man, in fact little more than a youth. I had a long conversation with him, and was very much impressed with his frank and simple dignity as well as with his strikingly pleasing features and… … LONSDALE S HUT AT ADUABIN. with great respect and deference, a thing that is by no means universal in the case of African monarchs. The remainder of the day was spent by us (officers) in lolling about the camp, pipe in mouth, discussing the ''political situation", and by the Hausas in polishing up…

Freeman, R. Austin (Richard Austin) 1862-1943 -- Travel -- Africa · Freeman, R. Austin (Richard Austin) 1862-1943 · Ashanti (African people) -- Social life and customs · Travel · Ashanti (Kingdom) -- Description and travel · Ghana -- Description and travel · Ghana -- History · Jaman, Africa -- Description and travel · Africa -- Ashanti (Kingdom) · Africa · Ghana

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