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English: Maka cannibals, c. 1910

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Title: From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Adolf Friedrich, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, 1873-1969 Deutsche Zentral-Afrika-expedition, 1910-1911
Subjects: Africa, Central -- Description and travel
Publisher: London : Duckworth
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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ASSOBAM TO EBOLOWA 175 thing a blurred appearance. The great rubber treesloomed like ghosts through the steam that rose fromthe ground, and there were also a few gigantic examplesof Mimusops djave, whose towering summits, coveredwith epiphytes, rose to a dizzy height. In spite of the unfavourable weather, the governorof the station, Herr Rappe, came some way tomeet me, and conducted me to the guest house. Onthe way I caught sight of three strange-looking men,of a deep black colour, with blue beads in their hair,which was curled like that of a woman. (Illus. 162,163.) I was informed that they were Makas, convictsfrom the cannibal villages, who had taken part in thelast rising, and had murdered an unarmed white trader.They scowled at my camera, but were obliged to submitto its evil magic, which they probably looked upon asa partial atonement for their crimes. A mysterious animal was mentioned to me by HerrRappe, and I heard of it also on a subsequent occasionin another place. The native

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