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MPONGWE (PONGOS)

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 953 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MPONGWE (PONGOS) , a settled See also:Bantu See also:people of the See also:Gabun, See also:West See also:Africa, constantly confused with the Mpangwe or See also:Fang (q.v.). The Mpongwe, who See also:call themselves Ayogo or " the See also:Wise," have a See also:rich collection of See also:national songs, myths and traditions, and the tribal elders know the "Hidden Words," a See also:kind of See also:secret See also:language of unknown origin. Their language, a Bantu See also:dialect, has been the means of communication between the tribes of the interior and the Europeans. The See also:family organization is intricate and very similar to the See also:Roman patria potestas; wives, See also:children and slaves being all subservient to the See also:father, who alone is really See also:free. They practise the See also:poison See also:ordeal, and reverence vague and See also:malignant See also:spirits who require propitiation by offerings and ceremonies. The ghosts of the dead are especially feared.

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