MAN AND THE MORAL LAW 



IN summing up these categories, and endeavouring 

 to understand them I think it is well to have them in 

 tabular form (see following page). 



We cannot ignore in this recapitulation the general 

 summing up the native himself has given us of his 

 Xina or laws which he divides into five classes : 



1. Xina Xivanga Nzambi Against Gods and Rulers 



2. Xina Va Xifumba Against Parents 



3. Xina Nkaka Against Neighbours 



4. Xina Nsoki or Nsexi Against Covetousness 



5. Xina Mvila Against Illegal Marriages. 



Their idea of morality is thus seen to be not duty 

 towards quite so much as the avoidance of harmful 

 acts against. They must not act like certain 

 animals do. 



Let me here remind you again of their ideas of 

 good and evil. Good is that which produces, evil that 

 which is opposed to production, and destroys. 



i. Man must remember that there is a power above, 

 who punishes those who thwart production, and the sign 

 of this authority is the snout of the saw-fish Bafu, 

 which is a fish which loves to destroy. 



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