Zanzibar Tales: Told by Natives of the East Coast of Africa

Bateman, George W. [Translator]
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Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) ZANZIBAR TALES Told by Natives of the East Coast of Africa Translated from the Original Swahili By GEORGE W. BATEMAN Illustrated by WALTER BOBBETT Chicago A. C. McClurg & Co. 1901. TO MY READERS. Thirty years ago Central Africa was what people who are fond of airing their learning would call a terra incognita. To-day its general characteristics are pretty well known. Then, as now, the little island of Zanzibar, situated just south of the equator, on the east coast, was the starting place of all expeditions into the interio…

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