Among the Wild Ngoni: Being Some Chapters in the History of the Livingstonia Mission in British Central Africa

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W. A. Elmslie was a Scottish missionary who devoted his career to missionary work among the Ngoni people. He also authored a linguistic work on the Ngoni (Zulu) language, and published the first book in the Ngoni language containing hymns and scriptures. The author relates the history of the missions on Lake Nyasa in British Central Africa which were founded in 1878 as well as the affairs and wars of the people around the lake. Contains a folding map of the region in the rear which is torn in one panel, probably when carelessly refolded. Original tan cloth publisher's cloth covers with black and gilt spine and cover lettering and decoration. The pictorial cover depicts a Ngoni with headress, shield and upraised war club. The front free end paper is browned, else this is a nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings, no previous owner names and no bookplates. ; B&W Photographs, Folding Map; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 320 pages. N° de ref. del artículo 7990

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