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 XVIII

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A WOMAN "PALAVER"

Native marriages--A matter of sale and exchange--Infant betrothals--Native weddings--A Tschaudjo ceremony-- A trying ordeal--Polygamy--Childbirth--Infant diet and infant mortality--Baby girls--A bush ordeal--The "Women's Queen"--Fetish women--Secret rites--Status of native wives--Widows--African death customs--Caravan cookery--Native cooks--Monkey-nut soup--Potatoes a coveted luxury--Bush delicacies 263-279