Africa . rown so universal with him as to haveacquired a certain political significance. His disinclination for serious thought is a greatobstacle in the way of his mental culture. His mindlacks the elasticity required to siipport the burden of far-reaching reflections. Hence the religious ideas of theKafirs are of an extremely low order; though all of themhave some notion, however obscure, of a continuedexistence after death, and the spirits of their forefathersare with most of them the object of a certain this cultus of the dead, the various tribes are ofcourse enslaved to al
Africa . rown so universal with him as to haveacquired a certain political significance. His disinclination for serious thought is a greatobstacle in the way of his mental culture. His mindlacks the elasticity required to siipport the burden of far-reaching reflections. Hence the religious ideas of theKafirs are of an extremely low order; though all of themhave some notion, however obscure, of a continuedexistence after death, and the spirits of their forefathersare with most of them the object of a certain this cultus of the dead, the various tribes are ofcourse enslaved to all manner of superstitions, amongstwhich the chief, and most disastrous, is the universalbelief in sorcery. The northern division of these Bantus bears the nameof Ama-Zulu, and they are amongst the best represent-atives of dark-coloured races. The Zulus are relativelywell developed and of large size, though not surpassingthe average height of Europeans, and with decidedlybetter features than the Ama-Khosa,. TOILET OF A BECHUANA BELLE. To face page 461. THE SOUTHERN BANTU TKIBES. 461 3. The Beclmana and Bamara Tribes: Tlie most wide-spread and most numerous of all theseKafir tribes are the Bechuanas, their present domainstretching from the upper Orange river northwards tothe Zambesi, and over the west coast highland north ofNamaqualand; of this vast region, however, they occupythe outskirts only, being cut off from the Zulus and Swaziby the Quathlamba range on the east, and westwards byKalahari desert from Namaqualand.
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