Field Diary

FONFUKA AND LAGABUM

	June 8th We arrived in the Landrover at the river at about 10.45 a.m. where we were met by Pastor Dom and the Baptist School Teacher, Mr Daniel Bang, and walked up to Fonfuka with them...
June 9th There followed a Regency under Njang-a-Yiwi - "held the throne as a woman"
	June 10th - Fonfuka The Fon sent Ndifo and Ful to inquire how we had slept. (Phyllis has christened them the Two Good Uncles.) We learn some greetings and we show them our notebooks, crocks, canvas bath, and folding table...
June 11th - Lagabum We started off at about 8.30 a.m. for Lagabum. The Fon had arranged carriers and had deputed Yangsi to accompany us...
	June 12th Very early this morning, after sunrise, four shots were fired in our honour (as we were told later - we thought it was to summon chindas to work)...
June 13th We were called out at about 9 a.m. to see the langa maskers - two human-headed (bongse langa-su) and a buffalo-masker (buli)...
	June 14th - Fonfuka After farewells we walk downhill at a good pace, sorry to leave the cool palace and its hospitable folk. Perhaps we shall never know from 'Bala the Ndifo' why things don't fall off the earth...
June 15th - Fonfuka Peter had been sent by the Fon to help us...

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