In Africa's Forest and Jungle : Six Years among the Yorubas.

By: Stone, Richard HenryContributor(s): Florey, Betty Finklea | Florey, Betty FinkleaMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Religion and American Culture SerPublisher: Alabama : University of Alabama Press, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (229 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780817384463Subject(s): Stone, R. HGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: In Africa's Forest and Jungle : Six Years among the YorubasDDC classification: 266/.6132092 B LOC classification: BV3625Online resources: Click to View
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Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Along the Coast -- 2. Up the Ogun -- 3. In Native Homes -- 4. The Story of Crowther -- 5. In a Native Caravan -- 6. An African Despot -- 7. Our First Dwelling -- 8. Some Beasts and Insects -- 9. Life and Language -- 10. Superstitions -- 11. Polygamy -- 12. Some African Maladies -- 13. Hunting -- 14. Mental Solitude -- 15. Waylaid and Captured -- 16. Flight from Ebaddan -- 17. Home Again -- 18. Opening Battles Around Ejahyay -- 19. Worshipping the Dead Prince -- 20. Leaving the Doomed City -- 21. Partial Civilization -- 22. Love Letters -- 23. A Narrow Escape -- 24. The Human Sacrifice -- 25. The Stolen Child -- 26. Improvements -- 27. Cast Among Robbers -- 28. The Colony of Lagos -- Transcription of Original Sources -- Illustrations follow page 55 -- Index.
Summary: In Africa's Forest and Jungle is the memoir of Richard Henry Stone, a Civil War era Southern Baptist missionary, who served in what is now Nigeria during the late 1850s and again during the first years of the American Civil War. Stone published this work in 1899, when it became clear that age would prevent him from returning to Africa. Stone served in Africa with his wife and successfully learned the Yoruba language. He was an intelligent, self-reflective, and reliable observer, making his works important sources of information on Yoruba society before the intervention of European colonialism. In Africa's Forest and Jungle is a rare account of West African culture, made all the more complete by the additional journal entries, letters, and photographs collected in this edition.
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Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Along the Coast -- 2. Up the Ogun -- 3. In Native Homes -- 4. The Story of Crowther -- 5. In a Native Caravan -- 6. An African Despot -- 7. Our First Dwelling -- 8. Some Beasts and Insects -- 9. Life and Language -- 10. Superstitions -- 11. Polygamy -- 12. Some African Maladies -- 13. Hunting -- 14. Mental Solitude -- 15. Waylaid and Captured -- 16. Flight from Ebaddan -- 17. Home Again -- 18. Opening Battles Around Ejahyay -- 19. Worshipping the Dead Prince -- 20. Leaving the Doomed City -- 21. Partial Civilization -- 22. Love Letters -- 23. A Narrow Escape -- 24. The Human Sacrifice -- 25. The Stolen Child -- 26. Improvements -- 27. Cast Among Robbers -- 28. The Colony of Lagos -- Transcription of Original Sources -- Illustrations follow page 55 -- Index.

In Africa's Forest and Jungle is the memoir of Richard Henry Stone, a Civil War era Southern Baptist missionary, who served in what is now Nigeria during the late 1850s and again during the first years of the American Civil War. Stone published this work in 1899, when it became clear that age would prevent him from returning to Africa. Stone served in Africa with his wife and successfully learned the Yoruba language. He was an intelligent, self-reflective, and reliable observer, making his works important sources of information on Yoruba society before the intervention of European colonialism. In Africa's Forest and Jungle is a rare account of West African culture, made all the more complete by the additional journal entries, letters, and photographs collected in this edition.

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