ORTHOGRAPHY 
T HE orthography of native words and names used throughout this book (except 
in the Vocabularies) is that of the Royal Geographical Society. All the 
consonants are pronounced as in English (except “h,” which stands for the nasal 
sound in “ ringing”), and the vowels as in Italian. Where the spelling of an 
African name is established in a European language it is not altered : Examples— 
Congo (Kongo), Mozambique (Msambiki), Quelimane (Keliman). 
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OF NEGRO ARTS AND HISTORY 
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