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  • The Museum of Anthropology is kickass, and I fully concur on Granville Island -- dear God, let someone else hold your credit cards when you go into Maiwa or you will be very very very sorry.

    Vancouver Hotel Help - And She Knits Too! 2006

  • Maiwa millets, which mature later, are more prone to attack.

    Chapter 10 1981

  • The Geros make up about 80 percent of the region's millet and are preferred for their higher yields and shorter maturity over the Maiwa class.

    Chapter 7 1981

  • When the first of them, led by Maiwa, reached the projecting angle, they put down their loads upon a ledge of rock and clambered over.

    Maiwa's Revenge Henry Rider Haggard 1890

  • Maiwa, the Lady of War, and feared her not, though she was a witch and terrible to see in battle.

    Maiwa's Revenge Henry Rider Haggard 1890

  • It was on this trip that I met the bravest native woman I ever knew; her name was Maiwa.

    The Tale of Three Lions Henry Rider Haggard 1890

  • The girl, or rather the woman Maiwa, pointed to the other side of the leaf, where there was more writing.

    Maiwa's Revenge Henry Rider Haggard 1890

  • Wambe having left no children, his wife Maiwa should be declared chieftainess of the tribe, under Nala.

    Maiwa's Revenge Henry Rider Haggard 1890

  • I answered in appropriate terms, saying that it was to Maiwa herself that thanks were due, for had it not been for her warning and knowledge of the country we should not have been here to-day; while as to the defence of the pass, I was fighting for my life, and that put heart into me.

    Maiwa's Revenge Henry Rider Haggard 1890

  • Indeed I should have died if it hadn't been for the girl Maiwa, who nursed me by stealth.

    Maiwa's Revenge Henry Rider Haggard 1890

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