A Camera Actress in the Wilds of Togoland The adventures, observations & experiences of a cinematograph actress in West African forests whilst collecting films depicting native life and when posing as the white woman in Anglo-African cinematograph dramas

CHAPTER XVI

Chapter 17165 wordsPublic domain

THE WOMEN MINERS OF BANJELI

Tschopowa to Kugnau--No roads--A careless guide--Schomburgk loses his way--Crossing the Oti River--Mosquitoes at Kugnau--Asmani and his "mosquito slaps"--A disconcerting mistake--Messa and Asmani fall out--The Konkombwa and their helmets--A too officious soldier--Anecdote about the Duke of Mecklenburg--Crossing the Oti for the last time--Arrival at Ibubu--A "Roman Fort"--In the Sokode district--Small food rations--Truculent natives--We buy a second ostrich--Lack of carriers--A serious dilemma-- The chief of Ibubu is impertinent--"I can't make carriers out of mealie cobs"--I go on ahead with the few carriers available, leaving Schomburgk to follow--The disappearing women--On the road to Banjeli--Beautiful scenery-- Schomburgk orders the chief of Ibubu to be arrested and brought a prisoner to Bassari--Women carriers--A glut of green and gold beetles--Our mail arrives at Banjeli from Bassari--News from home--I buy a pig--And am disappointed--A native "cooler"--Our personal boys imbibe not wisely but too well--A model punishment--Filming the native iron industry at Banjeli--Slave women miners--A pitiful sight--We obtain some most interesting pictures 227-248