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French Equatorial Africa: Singing Death-Dance of the Cannibal Zandé Tribeswomen

FRENCH EQUATORIAL AFRICA: SINGING DEATH-DANCE OF THE CANNIBAL ZANDÉ TRIBESWOMEN


This tribe has been tamed by the Belgians, and the women are dancing and singing on Sunday afternoon to entertain some Government officials. But all the Zandé, who spread into British and French territory, are not yet subdued. Any captive round whom the women of a wild tribe dance in slow rotation, singing to the beat of a tom-tom, is destined soon to die and become the principal dish in the feast