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XILOTIC XEGROES 



the regions of Africa \isite(l by the writer of this book, or described by 

 other observers, a neglect of decency in tlic male has only been recorded 

 ^niong the Efik people of Old Calabar. The nudity of women is another 



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417. MADI WOMAN POUNDING CORN IN A W ' 



■question. In j.arts of West Africa between the Niger and the Gaboon 

 ■(especially on the ("ameroons Kiver. at Old I'alabar. and in the N'iger 

 Delta) it is — or was — customary for ycung women to go about completely 

 nude before they are married. In Swaziland, until quite recentlv, 



