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It may be added that among the Suaheli dances are intimately associated with weddings; the Suaheli dances have been minutely described by Velten (_Sitten und Gebraüche der Suaheli_, pp. 144-175).
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women Havelock Ellis 1899
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Suaheli of Eastern Africa wastes his morning hours in running from house to house, to his friends or superiors, ku amkia (as he calls it), to make his morning salutations.
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Interesting from other points of view are the reproductions of the remarkable collection of Benin antiquities at the Peabody Museum, of the celebrated Vai syllabary, and of an interesting poem of 100 lines in the Suaheli language said to have been dictated by a dying mother to her daughter.
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A few days later a Suaheli came and said that the lion had seized an ass, and was engaged in his meal not far away.
From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Sven Anders Hedin 1908
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Guided by the Suaheli, the Colonel hastened up and could see from a distance the back of the lion above the bushes.
From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Sven Anders Hedin 1908
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Again, speaking to Susi, in Suaheli this time, he said, “Sikun'gapi kuenda Luapula?”
The Last Journals of David Livingstone from 1865 to His Death Ed 1874
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The Wachiogone are a scattered tribe among the Maarabo or Suaheli, but they retain their distinct identity as a people.
The Last Journals of David Livingstone from 1865 to His Death Ed 1874
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Rest again to shoot meat, as elephants and buffaloes are very abundant: the Suaheli think that adultery is an obstacle to success in killing this animal: no harm can happen to him who is faithful to his wife, and has the proper charms inserted under the skin of his forearms.
The Last Journals of David Livingstone from 1865 to His Death Ed 1874
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They are nearly all miserable Suaheli at Ujiji, and have neither the manners nor the sense of Arabs.
The Last Journals of David Livingstone from 1865 to His Death Ed 1874
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The Manyuema call the buffalo bird “Mojela,” and the Suaheli, “Chassa.”
The Last Journals of David Livingstone from 1865 to His Death Ed 1874
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