Extracts copied from A.J. Langley's diary about a tour on the Benue and Gongola Rivers, Feb 1906

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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 87, fols. 349-353

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Describing:

villages accused of cannibalism
towns including in their populations cattle-herding Fulani and Hausa groups possibly involved in slave trading
the difficulties of inducing starving people to gather marketable produce
the need for the Administration to interest itself in the area and improve conditions.

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MSS. Afr. s. 87, fols. 349-353

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