Winning a primitive people: sixteen years' work among the warlike tribe of the Ngoni and the Senga and Tumbuka peoples of Central Africa

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Title:	Winning a primitive people: sixteen years' work among the warlike tribe of the Ngoni and the Senga and Tumbuka peoples of Central Africa
Author:	Fraser, D.
Year:	1922
Pages:	320
Language:	English
City of publisher:	London
Publisher:	Seeley Service
Geographic term:	Malawi
Subjects:	ethnic groups missionary history
Abstract:	The A., who belonged to the Livingstonia Mission which was founded in 1875, began his missionary work in 1896. He describes how the peoples among which he worked used to live and how the new forces altered their conditions. Part 1. First experiences: The Ngoni (Arrival - The Ngoni - The method of warfare - Introduction to chiefs - In the bush - In a village - Pioneering among the Senga - Religious awakening - The story of a filibuster). Part 2. The Tumbuka (History of the Tumbuka - Regligion of the Tumbuka - Tumbuka natural science - Hunting - Diseases - Birth to death - Legal procedure - The wisdom of the people - Modifications). Part 3. Changes (Hora - the building of a village - Loudon - A tour - the coming of the administration - The death of a chief - Evangelizing - A day on the station - A wonderful convention - A visit to the Senga - Progress and problems).