See also:

• MPONGWE (PONGOS)

MPONGWE (PONGOS)  , a settled See also:

• BANTU

Bantu See also:

• PEOPLE

people of the See also:

• GABUN

Gabun, See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, constantly confused with the Mpangwe or See also:

• FANG (FAN, FANWE, PANWE, PAHOUIN, PAOUEN, MPANGWE)

Fang (q.v.) . The See also:

• MPONGWE (PONGOS)

Mpongwe, who See also:

• CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call themselves Ayogo or " the See also:

• WISE, HENRY ALEXANDER (1806-1876)
• WISE, ISAAC MAYER (1819-1900)

Wise," have a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich collection of See also:

• NATIONAL

national songs, myths and traditions, and the tribal elders know the "Hidden Words," a See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of See also:

• SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

secret See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language of unknown origin . Their language, a Bantu See also:

• DIALECT (from Gr. Sia stcror, conversation, manner of speaking, &aXeyec6at, to converse)

dialect, has been the means of communication between the tribes of the interior and the Europeans . The See also:

• FAMILY

family organization is intricate and very similar to the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman patria potestas; wives, See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children and slaves being all subservient to the See also:

• FATHER

father, who alone is really See also:

• FREE

free . They practise the See also:

• POISON

poison See also:

• ORDEAL (O.Eng. ordal, ordael, judgment)

ordeal, and reverence vague and See also:

• MALIGNANT (Lat. malignus, evil-disposed, from maligenus)

malignant See also:

• SPIRITS

spirits who require propitiation by offerings and ceremonies . The ghosts of the dead are especially feared .