Nyasa, the Great Water, Being a Description of the Lake and Life of the People

Hardcover. English. Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press. 1922 1st ed. ISBN: 204pp with 7 black & white photographs & frontis, incl fold-out map at back.

Good condition in original green boards.

In this volume, the Archdeacon of Nyasa has placed on record his knowledge of the lake and its people, among whom he has served for many years as a member of the Universities' Mission to Central Africa and is a valuable and intimate study of the life and mentality, the customs, occupations, and beliefs of the Angoni, Wa Yao and Nyasa or Nyanza who live on the shores of the great lake Nyasa. Book No: 2501518