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A HEAVY RESPONSIBILITY IN AFRICA |
MAUSOLEUM OF A NATIVE PLUTOCRAT IN THE WEST AFRICAN BUSH |
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| In some parts of Africa twins are regarded as the greatest good luck; in Nigeria and other districts as of such ill omen that they are destroyed and their mother is outcast. Fortunately, native women rarely give birth to twins | Worldly wealth is symbolised by the black umbrella fixed open on the top of this tomb, at Ibiabon in Obibio, and the material prosperity of its occupant while he was in this life is indicated by the generous provision of utensils for his requirements in the spirit world. Over the tomb of a departed warrior the Obibios place skulls |