Indaba, My Children: African Tribal History, Legends, Customs And Religious Beliefs. Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa

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BEHOLD THE CRUEL

       LO! THE VIPER STRIKES

       TRUST NOT A JACKAL’S WORD

       FROM THE CLAWS OF DEATH

       HURL BACK THE WAR SPEAR

       LET PEACE REIGN SUPREME

       HIS ADOPTED SONS

       BEHOLD THE COMET

       THEY WHO MUST DIE

       THE TENDER, DEADLY SPEAR

       HAIL TO THEE, OH MAIE-GAWANA

       A WOMAN’S REVENGE

       BEHOLD THE PLAGUE

       BEHOLD THE GREAT DEATH

       THE GREAT JOURNEY BEGINS

       GANDAYA THE ELEPHANT

       Interlude

       JOURNEY TO THE SOUTH

       THE MEALIE TRIANGLE

       THE MELODY LINGERS

       Postscript

       BOOK FOUR

       YENA LO! MY AFRICA

       INTRODUCTION

       HUMAN OR SUB-HUMAN?

       THE RELIGION AND BELIEFS OF THE BANTU – PART I

       THE CURSE OF KARIBA

       THE RELIGION AND BELIEFS OF THE BANTU – PART II

       THE LAWS OF THE BANTU

       Tribal Scars

       The Truth About Piet Retief

       THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE BANTU

       General

       Symbol Writing

       Drumbeat

       The Spirit of Numbers

       March of the Healers

       Awake, My Africa!

       GLOSSARY

      CHARACTER CAST

uNkulunkuluThe Great Spirit
Ninavanhu-MaThe Great Mother, Goddess of Creation
Tree of LifePersonified male counterpart of the Goddess of Creation
Kei-Lei-Si (Nelesi)Mother of Za-Ha-Rrellel
Za-Ha-Rrellel (Sareleli)Wicked Emperor of the Empire of the First People – Father of all tokoloshes
The Kaa-U-La birdsLegendary talking birds
Amarava (Mamiravi)Last survivor of the First People, the Amarire, Mother of the Second People
OduLast survivor of the Bjaa-Uni – artificially produced flesh-and-blood slaves – Father of the Second People, the Bantu
GorogoChief of the Frog People – Father of all Bushmen and Pygmies
MarimbaMother of all Tribal Singers, Goddess of Music, Goddess of Happiness
ZumangweThe Hunter, Marimba’s first husband
WatamarakaThe Goddess of Evil, Mother of all Demons
The MonsterDragon commissioned to exercise control over Wata-Maraka
KahawaSon of Marimba and Zumangwe
MpushuKa-Hawa’s closest friend
f00ix-01Witchdoctor and his friend in the First Village of the Wakambi Tribe
NamuwizaThe Priestess, a Witch in the same village
Nangai– of the Mountains, Outcast God of the Masai, subsequently Chief of the Wakambi
MulunguThe Father of Light
Koma-TemboThe Masai captive, third husband of Marimba
DzumangweThe God of Hunting
f00ix-02Ka-Hawa’s two wives
RaratiNubian girl who introduced cattle to the Bantu
MalingeYouth executed for wantonly killing an animal
f000x-01His father, grandfather and great-grandfather
The High AccuserLegal Prosecutor
The Mercy of HeavenLegal Defendant
MandingweA cook
KamagoA woodcarver
NonikweA blind, hunchback ‘clairvoyant’
MutenguHer uncle, Headman of a village
LusuHer real

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