From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911 . 172. Mademoiselle Mobaye in the 73. Yakoma men. SULTANATES OF BANGASSU AND RAFAI 201 need, the number varying with the rank of thedeceased. The sultan and his subordinate sultans take mostof the women for themselves, so that the remainingmen have not many opportunities of marrying. Ille-gitimate children are killed, together with the motherand father, if the rightful husband so desires. When a free man dies his favourite wives arestrangled and buried with him. Many wives andslav
From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911 . 172. Mademoiselle Mobaye in the 73. Yakoma men. SULTANATES OF BANGASSU AND RAFAI 201 need, the number varying with the rank of thedeceased. The sultan and his subordinate sultans take mostof the women for themselves, so that the remainingmen have not many opportunities of marrying. Ille-gitimate children are killed, together with the motherand father, if the rightful husband so desires. When a free man dies his favourite wives arestrangled and buried with him. Many wives andslaves commit suicide as soon as they see that theirlord and master is at the point of death. On thedeath of a free woman several slave girls are buriedin her grave, whatever the rank of her slaves or prisoners are buried alone. I haveoften asked what will happen when Sultan Labassuhimself dies. Will all his twelve hundred wives bestrangled and buried with him, and the same numberof slaves be sacrificed ? Surely that would be toosanguinary a funeral, and would hardly be permittedby the French authorities. The answer I receivedwas tha
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