The Fetish Folk of West Africa (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Fetish Folk of West AfricaJungle Folk of Africa, the author endeavours to ex bibit the humanity of the African as it impressed himself.The difference between the two books is chie¿y a dif ference of emphasis, and is indicated in the titles. In the former the African is described in relation to his sur roundings - his exterior world. Much is said about the forest - deep, solemn, vast, impenetrably mysterious wherein he roams at large with nature's own wild free dom contending also with its mighty forces, and wrest ing from it the means of existence by his own resource fulness of expedient. In the present volume the author essays the more difficult task of revealing the interior world of the African - his mental habits and beliefs. Much is said about fetishism and folk-lore.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.