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 VII

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ALEDJO-KADARA--THE SWITZERLAND OF TOGO

On the march from Paratau to Aledjo-Kadara--A terrible stage --Doubt and depression--An uphill journey--I feel my health improving--An accident--Native sympathy--Our cook annexes our dining-table--A lovely camp--A thousand yards up and surrounded by mountains--The Switzerland of Togo--Beautiful rest-houses--The harmattan--Grass fires--Filming a drama--Another accident--Nebel and I nearly fall over a precipice--Nebel homesick--He leaves for Europe--Filming the final scene of _Odd Man Out_--We visit Bafilo, near Aledjo--Great reception by natives for the first white woman--The Uro (king) of Bafilo meets us in state--Torch play to celebrate the finish of Ramadam-- More filming--An astonished native--Industrial films-- The cotton industry--Trade guilds--Primitive looms and spindles--Making beads from palm nuts--Baboons like dogs and rabbits with feet like elephants 80-96