. Women of all nations, a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence; . rtility. in-telligent woman can easily attain tohonours; and women chiefsSociai j^ fiQt uncommon. Amongst Conditions on ^, „ , , ,. , the Congo. ^^^ Balunda there were al-ways two chiefs ; the King Muata Yamvo, and the Kings mother Lukokesha, who was almost of greaterimportance than the King himself. The actualBalunda empire was founded by a woman. As far back as the fifteenth century agreat queen was known to travellers in theCongo; this was Zinga, or, as she was latercalled. Donna Anna Zin
. Women of all nations, a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence; . rtility. in-telligent woman can easily attain tohonours; and women chiefsSociai j^ fiQt uncommon. Amongst Conditions on ^, „ , , ,. , the Congo. ^^^ Balunda there were al-ways two chiefs ; the King Muata Yamvo, and the Kings mother Lukokesha, who was almost of greaterimportance than the King himself. The actualBalunda empire was founded by a woman. As far back as the fifteenth century agreat queen was known to travellers in theCongo; this was Zinga, or, as she was latercalled. Donna Anna Zinga de Souza, who 324 WOMEN OF ALL NATIONS governed an important country with great authority at all, women always succeed in ability. A contemporary traveller says thata certain chief Kambolo left an importantstate to his successors, who would still enjoyits possession if a woman, gifted with couragemuch above her sex, called Zinga, had not the end in making the representatives ofthe stronger sex do as they wish. Women are so closely connected withfuneral ceremonies that I shall be obliged. Bypertnission of tiu Ethnographical Mtisiuttit lervjter^ri. SAKARA GIRLS. Their hair is braided with beads. Two of these girls have the carious knots of skin down the forehead-a form of personal adornment affected by this tribe. taken to arms, and having gathered thedissatisfied has dethroned Kambolo, on whomshe gained great victories that put her inpossession of a whole kingdom. The Baboma are at the present timegoverned by a female chief, and the greatMokanda Bantu ben Msiri, King of Gareng-anza, is absolutely under the guidance of hiswife, to whom is due the peaceful conditionof the Katanga, and the great friendlinessshown by the inhabitants to Europeans. Mungo Park, in his travels, always foundthat native women were of great help tohim in evading difficulties with the savagetribes which he \-isited, and any explorer whosucceeds in obtaining the favour of this sexmay rely upon being unm
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