SAVAGE AFRICA.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1165, 28 June 1911, Page 9

SAVAGE AFRICA.

! ALLEGATIONS.OF CANNIBALISM. ! V, In connection with the punitive expedii tion against ttio revolted tribes iu the Caiucroons, tlie "Suedwestboto" states., that, the Maka tribe, in, the. Souther,!} Cauieroons, still livo almost entirely oil'. . , jluiuiaa flesh. Some twenty .years ago -it : was 1 believed that this horrible practice had entirely died out, but now, owing, it is declared, to scarcity of cattle, the , tribe has again adopted it. The paper . asserts that slaves ore. bought or captured from neighbouring tribes, and aro then treated as cattle are ■ treated in civilised countries. When a slave is to bo eaten, a day's notice of the impending fate is given lo the man or woman, as the cit.'e may bp, and tho slavo is subsequently taken to a regular slaughter- ; ;hou i ;o ami killed by means of a single . blow with an axe 011 the top of tho spine. .' 1 The punitive expedition is-now engaged'' 1 in..making a searching investigation into: these allegations, and wherever definite proof of cannibalism is obtained the cul- ; prits will bo promptly punished by ' • death.