Africana; or, the heart of heathen Africa, Volume 1 (of 2)
Listen FreeFree AI audiobook with natural voice. No signup required.
Chapters (541)
- AFRICANA.
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS OF VOL. I.
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. VOL. I.
- INTRODUCTORY.
- INTRODUCTORY.
- DIFFICULTIES.
- IMPORTING EUROPEAN IDEAS.
- NATIVE POLITENESS.
- NATIVE IDIOMS.
- DISTRACTING CIRCUMSTANCES.
- ROMANTIC INFORMATION.
- THE VALUE OF STUDYING NATIVE CUSTOMS AND BELIEFS.
- I. IN THE SCIENCE OF THE HUMAN MIND.
- II. IN ETHNOLOGY.
- III. IN THE SCIENCE OF RELIGION.
- Chapter I. FIRST IMPRESSIONS.
- A.—DRESS, TATOOS, ORNAMENTS, &C.
- B.—WEAPONS.
- C.—HOUSES.
- D.—CLIMATE AND PRODUCTIONS.
- E.—FOOD AND COOKING.
- F.—WORK.
- F².—RACES AND CHIEFS.
- G.—TRAVELLING AND SALUTATIONS.
- Native Roads.
- Grass Fires.
- Salutations.
- The Inferior Position of Women.
- Chapter II. NATIVE ARTS AND LITERATURE.
- H.—TRADES AND MANUFACTURES.
- Work in Iron.
- Wood-work and Basket-work.
- Bark Cloth, &c.
- I.—THE LEARNED PROFESSIONS.
- The Physician.
- The Sorcerer.
- K.—MEDICINES AND CHARMS.
- L.—TRADITIONAL LITERATURE.
- Relation to Tales of Other Lands.
- ETHOLOGY.
- Chapter III. BELIEFS ABOUT GOD.
- ARTICLES 1-107.
- 1.—THE NATURE OF MAN.
- 2.—IMMORTALITY.
- 3.—WHO THE GODS ARE.
- 4.—WHERE THEY ARE FOUND.
- 5.—HOW THE GODS GIVE EVIDENCE OF THEIR EXISTENCE.
- 6.—DISTINCTIONS AFFECTING THE GODS.
- 7.—THE PRIESTS.
- 8.—VILLAGE GODS.
- 9.—MONOTHEISM, POLYTHEISM, OR PANTHEISM?
- 10.—NUMBER OF THE NATIVES’ GODS.
- Key to their view of the Spirit World.
- Nature of Offerings.
- 11.—LOCAL DEITIES.
- 12.—SUPERIOR DEITIES.
- 13.—THE CREATION—COSMOLOGY.
- Chapter IV. ON WORSHIP AND OFFERINGS—OCCASIONS FOR WORSHIP.
- STARTING ON A JOURNEY (ULENDO), WAR, OR HUNTING EXPEDITION. 14.—PRAYERS AND OMENS.
- 15.—CEREMONIES OBSERVED BY THE WIVES OF TRAVELLERS.
- 16.—KICKING AGAINST THE STUMPS.
- 17.—ILL-OMENED SNAKES.
- 18.—THANKOFFERING.
- PUBLIC REJOICING.
- 19.—SICKNESS.
- REJOICING ON HIS RETURN.
- 20.—PUBLIC SUPPLICATION FOR RAIN.
- THE NATURE OF THE OFFERINGS. GENERAL OFFERINGS. 21.—THE NATIVE FLOUR.
- 22.—NATIVE BEER.
- 23.—THE EFFECTS OF NATIVE BEER.
- 24.—BEER AS AN OFFERING.
- 25.—SPECIAL OFFERINGS.
- 26.—OFFERING OF A FOWL.
- 27.—OFFERING OF A GOAT.
- 28.—OFFERINGS OF HUMAN BEINGS.
- Chapter V. CEREMONIES CONNECTED WITH DEATH.
- 29.—TRANSITION FROM THE SUPERNATURAL.
- 30.—ILLNESS.
- 31.—DEATH.
- 32.—SLAVES ESCORT THE DECEASED.
- 33.—WAILING AT THE DOOR.
- 34.—THE UNDERTAKERS—THEIR DUTIES AT THE HOUSE.
- 35.—PROLONGED WAILING.
- 36.—DEATH IN WAR.
- 37.—JOURNEY TO THE GRAVE.
- 38.—DIGGING THE GRAVE.
- 39.—OFFERINGS AT THE GRAVE.
- 40.—TAKING DOWN THE HOUSE.
- 41.—CANONISED.
- 42.—CONTINUANCE OF MOURNING.
- 43.—END OF MOURNING.
- ENTERING ON INHERITANCE.
- Chapter VI. CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH.
- 44.—BIRTH.
- 45.—THE INFANT.
- 46.—NAMING.
- 47.—NAMING EUROPEANS.
- 48.—THE DESTINY OF THE CHILD.
- 49.—INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD.
- 50.—BOYHOOD.
- 51.—AMUSEMENTS (1) TALES, AND CONUNDRUMS.
- (4) TOPS.
- (5) DRAUGHTS (NJOMBWA).
- (6) SKIPPING ROPE (CHIWEWE).
- Chapter VII. MYSTERIES.
- 52.—“LITTLE-GO” FOR THE GIRLS.
- “LITTLE-GO” FOR THE BOYS (NDAGALA).
- 53.—THE “GREAT GO” (UNYAGO WA CHIMBANDI).
- Chapter VIII. MARRIAGE.
- 54.—WAYS OF PROCURING A WIFE.
- 55.—RANKS AMONG WIVES.
- Plurality of Free Wives.
- 56.—ADULT MARRIAGE.
- Day of entering the house.
- 57.—WOMAN’S KINGDOM.
- 58.—MARRIAGE CONTRACT (chikulundine).
- 59.—SEPARATION.
- Marriage with Slaves.
- 60.—PECULIAR POSITION OF A FREE WIFE.
- Family Relationships.
- Chapter IX. SOCIAL LIFE.
- 61. MAN IN SOCIETY.
- 62. FOUNDING A NATIVE VILLAGE.
- 63. INCREASE OF VILLAGE.
- 64. VILLAGE LIFE AND WORK.
- 65. THE WORKERS.
- 66. A DAY’S WORK AND A DAY’S FARE.
- 67. COOKING AND MEALS IN COMMON.
- Chapter X. GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE.
- 68. VILLAGE POLITICS.—THE HEADMAN OR VILLAGE CHIEF.
- 69. THE KING OR CHIEF OF THE COUNTRY.
- 70. GOVERNMENT OF THE COUNTRY.
- 71. HEADMEN.
- 72. DUTIES OF HEADMEN TO THE CHIEF.
- 73. COURTS OF JUSTICE.
- 74. TRIALS.
- 75. EVIDENCE.
- 76. DISCOVERY AND GENERAL TREATMENT OF CRIME.
- Caught in the Act.
- SUMMARY.
- Detection.
- Proof.
- Punishment.
- Chapter XI. PERSONAL RIGHTS AND OFFENCES AGAINST THEM.
- 77. PERSONAL RIGHTS—SLAVERY.
- 78. KILLING SLAVES OR WARDS.
- 79. KILLING ENEMIES.
- 80. PUNISHMENT OF MURDER.
- 81. PUNISHMENT OF HOMICIDE.
- 82. PUNISHMENT OF UNCHASTITY.
- Chapter XII. RIGHTS OF PROPERTY AND OFFENCES AGAINST THEM.
- 83. PUBLIC PROPERTY.
- 84. LAND.
- 85. TIMBER.
- 86. ROADS.
- 87. MINERALS.
- 88. BUILDING MATERIALS.
- 89. STREAMS AND RIVERS.
- 90. HUNTING.
- 91. TRAVELLING.
- 92. PRIVATE PROPERTY.
- 93. BORROWING AND LENDING.
- 94. PETTY THEFT.
- 95. THEFT AND ROBBERY.
- 96. MISCELLANEOUS CRIMES AND PENALTIES.
- Chapter XIII. INHERITANCE AND INTERNATIONAL LAW.
- 97. INHERITANCE.
- 98. SUCCESSION TO THE CHIEFTAINSHIP.
- 99. INTERNATIONAL LAW.
- 100. GENERAL REMARKS ON NATIVE LAW.
- 101. WAR.
- Chapter XIV. A SLAVE GOVERNMENT.
- 102. THE MAGOLOLO.
- 103. GOVERNMENT OF SLAVES.
- 104. PROOF AND PUNISHMENT.
- Ordeals.
- Crimes and Punishment.
- Chapter XV. WITCHCRAFT.
- 105. THE POISONED CUP (MWAI.)
- 106. WITCHCRAFT (USAWI.)
- 107. THE WITCH-DETECTIVE (MAVUMBULA).
- Midnight Feasts.
- Death by mwai.
- Divination.
- Chapter XVI. AFRICAN ETHNOLOGY.
- EAST CENTRAL AFRICA.
- SOUTH AFRICA.
- WEST CENTRAL AFRICA.
- NORTHERN CENTRAL AFRICA.
- RACES OF ANTIQUITY.
- Chapter XVII. AFRICAN PHILOLOGY.
- A. THE VOCABULARY.
- B. GRAMMAR.
- Chapter XVIII. AFRICAN PHILOLOGY.—(Continued).
- Chapter XIX. ESTIMATE OF NATIVE CHARACTER.
- APPENDIX.
- APPENDIX.
- 1. PEOPLE.
- 2. THE SUN.
- 3. THE MOON.
- 4. STARS.
- 5. [27]CLOUDS.
- 6. [27]WIND.
- 7. RAIN OR LIGHTNING.
- 8. THE BOW OF THE LIGHTNING.
- 9. MOUNTAINS AND RIVERS.
- 10. COOKING POTS AND MORTARS.
- 11. HOES, KNIVES AND AXES.
- 12. BASKETS.
- 13. CLOTHING.
- 14. DEATH.
- 15. MORTALITY,[34] THE CHAMELEON (NALWII) AND THE SALAMANDER (MLALU).
- 16. OFFERINGS.
- 17. BOWS AND GUNS.
- 18. CANNIBALISM.
- 19. MEDICINE.
- 20. FLEAS.
- 21. FISHES.
- 22. BIRDS.
- 23. ELEPHANTS.
- 24. LIONS.
- 25. THE SERPENT.
- 26. BABOONS.[41]
- 27. OTHER ACCOUNTS.
- 28. ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF MAN.
- 29. NTEMBE, THE BROTHER OF THE “SPIRIT”.
- 30. THE THREE WOMEN.
- FOOTNOTES
- [ii]
- [iii]
- [iv]
- [v]
- [vi]
- [vii]
- [viii]
- [ix]
- [x]
- [xi]
- [xii]
- [xiii]
- [xiv]
- [xv]
- [xvi]
- [xvii]
- [1]
- [2]
- [3]
- [4]
- [5]
- [6]
- [7]
- [8]
- [9]
- [10]
- [11]
- [12]
- [14]
- [15]
- [16]
- [17]
- [18]
- [19]
- [20]
- [21]
- [22]
- [23]
- [24]
- [25]
- [26]
- [27]
- [28]
- [29]
- [30]
- [31]
- [32]
- [33]
- [34]
- [35]
- [36]
- [37]
- [38]
- [39]
- [40]
- [41]
- [42]
- [43]
- [44]
- [45]
- [46]
- [47]
- [48]
- [49]
- [50]
- [51]
- [52]
- [53]
- [54]
- [55]
- [56]
- [57]
- [58]
- [59]
- [60]
- [61]
- [62]
- [63]
- [64]
- [65]
- [66]
- [67]
- [68]
- [69]
- [70]
- [71]
- [72]
- [73]
- [74]
- [75]
- [76]
- [77]
- [78]
- [79]
- [80]
- [81]
- [82]
- [83]
- [84]
- [85]
- [86]
- [87]
- [88]
- [89]
- [90]
- [91]
- [92]
- [93]
- [94]
- [95]
- [96]
- [97]
- [98]
- [99]
- [100]
- [101]
- [102]
- [103]
- [104]
- [105]
- [106]
- [107]
- [108]
- [109]
- [110]
- [111]
- [112]
- [113]
- [114]
- [115]
- [116]
- [117]
- [118]
- [119]
- [120]
- [121]
- [122]
- [123]
- [124]
- [125]
- [126]
- [127]
- [128]
- [129]
- [130]
- [131]
- [132]
- [133]
- [134]
- [135]
- [136]
- [137]
- [138]
- [139]
- [140]
- [141]
- [142]
- [143]
- [144]
- [145]
- [146]
- [147]
- [148]
- [149]
- [150]
- [151]
- [152]
- [153]
- [154]
- [155]
- [156]
- [157]
- [158]
- [159]
- [160]
- [161]
- [162]
- [163]
- [164]
- [165]
- [166]
- [167]
- [168]
- [169]
- [170]
- [171]
- [172]
- [173]
- [174]
- [175]
- [176]
- [177]
- [178]
- [179]
- [180]
- [181]
- [182]
- [183]
- [184]
- [185]
- [186]
- [187]
- [188]
- [189]
- [190]
- [191]
- [192]
- [193]
- [194]
- [195]
- [196]
- [197]
- [198]
- [199]
- [200]
- [201]
- [202]
- [203]
- [204]
- [205]
- [206]
- [207]
- [208]
- [209]
- [210]
- [211]
- [212]
- [213]
- [214]
- [215]
- [216]
- [217]
- [218]
- [219]
- [220]
- [221]
- [222]
- [223]
- [224]
- [225]
- [226]
- [227]
- [229]
- [230]
- [232]
- [233]
- [234]
- [235]
- [236]
- [237]
- [238]
- [239]
- [240]
- [241]
- [242]
- [243]
- [244]
- [245]
- [246]
- [247]
- [248]
- [249]
- [250]
- [251]
- [252]
- [253]
- [254]
- [255]
- [256]
- [257]
- [258]
- [259]
- [260]
- [261]
- [262]
- [263]
- [264]
- [265]
- [267]
- [268]
- [269]
- [270]
- [272]
- [273]
- [274]
- [275]
- [276]
- [277]
- [278]
- [279]
- [280]
- [281]
- [282]
- [283]
- [284]
- [285]
- [286]
- [287]
- [288]
- [289]
- [290]
- [291]
- [292]
- [293]
- [294]
- [295]
- [296]
- [297]
- [298]
- [299]
- [300]
- [301]
How to Listen
- 1. Click "Listen Free" above
- 2. The book opens in CastReader's browser reader
- 3. Click the play button — AI narration starts with word highlighting
- 4. Use "Send to Phone" to continue listening on your phone
FAQ
Is this audiobook really free?
Yes. "Africana; or, the heart of heathen Africa, Volume 1 (of 2)" is a public domain work from Project Gutenberg. CastReader converts it to audio using AI text-to-speech for free. No account or payment needed.
What does the AI voice sound like?
CastReader uses Kokoro TTS, a natural-sounding AI voice. It handles punctuation, names, and dialogue naturally. Most listeners forget it's AI after a few minutes.
Can I listen on my phone?
Yes. Open the book, then use "Send to Phone" to stream audio to your phone via Telegram. No app download needed.