. Under the crescent, and among the kraals; a study of Methodism in Africa. 44 UNDER THE CRESCENT. Kraals are simply native villages, builtprobably for the sake of safety and sociabilityaround an open space of more or less ampleproportions. Community matters are presidedover by kings, chiefs or head men, varying indegrees of importance. Whatever else may be lacking in a village,large or small, that thing will not be the palaver-house. This building amounts to a communitycenter, and is by all odds of paramount impor-tance. Ordinarily there is a large pole in thecenter, thirty or forty feet high
. Under the crescent, and among the kraals; a study of Methodism in Africa. 44 UNDER THE CRESCENT. Kraals are simply native villages, builtprobably for the sake of safety and sociabilityaround an open space of more or less ampleproportions. Community matters are presidedover by kings, chiefs or head men, varying indegrees of importance. Whatever else may be lacking in a village,large or small, that thing will not be the palaver-house. This building amounts to a communitycenter, and is by all odds of paramount impor-tance. Ordinarily there is a large pole in thecenter, thirty or forty feet high, and the conical-shaped roof is thatched. Of hard-beaten claythe floor is somewhat higher than the surfaceof the ground. For seating purposes anembankment possibly two feet high encirclesthe outer rim. It is here that community affairsare thoroughly aired, discussed and settled inlong and exhaustive sessions called , in state, strangers are met by the headmen. Here the ordeals by sasswood, smoke,and oil are sometimes administered. Disputesbetween individuals or tribes are here ar
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