Voyage au Gabon et sur le fleuve Ogooué
Bibliographie
- Auteurs : Marche Alfred (1844-1898) ;
- Editeurs : [Paris] [Hachette] ;
- Date d'édition : [18??]
- Sujets : Récits de voyages 19e siècle, Bete (peuple du Nigeria), Nupe (peuple d'Afrique), Traite des esclaves, Ogooué, Vallée moyenne de l' (Gabon), Gabon
- Langue(s) : Français
- Description matérielle : 1 vol. (p. 369-416), : Ill., carte, 31 cm
- Pays de publication : France
Notes
Extrait de : 'Tour du Monde', XXXVI, 936e liv.
Résumé
Although officially part of the Savorgnan de Brazza expedition to explore the upper Ogooué River, Marche often takes off on his own, ultimately ascending the Ogooué and Ivindo rivers a bit farther than any other European has yet gone. He visits many villages, describes one Obamba (Mbete) village in detail, and reports on aspects of culture that strike him, for example, tooth-shaping, wife-beating, body painting, and death practice. A local slave trade flourishes : the Obamba capture slaves from the Adziana (Ndasa?), sell them to the Aduma (Duma), who in turn sell them to the Okanda (Kanda). A man who cannot afford to buy a slave from a trading party will instead, to maintain status, sell to it a member of his own family. March describes fetishism and the institution called 'palaver.' His description of the developed coast between Glass and Libreville includes comments on the rubber trade and on mission gardens.