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BANTU NEGROES 



Okigisal. 



Song. 



Tebawaya 



Tel^aja kuwaj^a awo ndide a kumere 



Ndowozahva iiyimbye Abeinengo tebaji 



Kmvaya nyiinbye a1)ebyalo teliaja 



kuliiiia. 



Marching Song. 



Yakuba enumdu iigagayala 

 Mukamawange katabazi sikyasenga 

 Basese nasenga Jumba iii Gabunga 

 Amaso gamyuka mwenywera omwenge. 



Tugire tugende ewamiikwenda 



tweyanze ewamukweiida tweyanze ewa- 



iniigwanya 

 tweyanze, tweyanze, tweyanze ewamuk- 



wenda 

 tweyanze. 



Olyokulya ewelwakuleta Tetoterotero 1 

 Xanuikolantya omufumbiro mukazikitunzi 

 Afumbye emere mbi.si namukolantya 

 Olwokulya ewelwaniuleta. 



Tra.vslatiox. 



They do not speak. 



They do not know how to converse. I 



have eaten food. 

 Whom am I thinking of ? I iied to the 



peoj)le of Mengo. 

 They do not know how to conver.se. Those 



in the gardens do not know how to 



cultivate. 



He fights despising his enemies. ♦ 



My master, I shall never serve a bad 



fighter. 

 Among the Basese I will serve Jumba 



and Gabunga. 

 My eyes get red when I drink l)eer. 



Let us go to the Mukwenda. 

 Let us return thanks at Mukwenda's. 

 Let us return thanks at Mugwanya's. 

 Let US return thanks, return thanks, 



return thanks at ]\Iukwenda's. Let us 



return thanks. 



It was food that brought you, Tetoterotero? 

 "What am I to do ? The cook, the wife of 



Kitunzi, has cooked unripe food. ^Vhat 



am I to do with her 1 

 It was food that brought him. 



The following illustrations of the myths and folk-lore and beast stories 

 of Uganda will be found of great interest. I am indebted to Mr. J. F. 

 Cunningham for their collection : — 



I'ganda folk-lore is very extensive. Amongst the chiefs it is slightly tinged with 

 Christian and Muhammadan traditions, but the following stories were taken down 

 direct from peasants, the narrator receiving one rupee for each of them : — 



The Creation. 



Kintu was the first man, and when he came from the unknown he found nothing 

 in Uganda— no food, no water, no animals, nothing but a blank. He had a cow 

 with him, and when he was hungry he drank her milk. 



One day as he roamed about searching for something he saw two girls just 

 dropping down from Mugulu (Heaven, or the Above). He stopped. The girls also 

 stopped a long way otf. They were Mugulu's daughters, Nambi and her sister. The 

 girls were much suri)rised, and Xambi said : " Sister, look at the two things over 

 there. What can they be ? " The sister looked, but said nothing. Nambi continued : 

 '• We never .saw anything like them before. Just go down and see what brings 

 things like these to such a place as the earth." 



" How can I ? " rei)lied the sister. " Look at those horns 1 " 



