Word: cele
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Dates: during 1913-1913
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...Tuesday evening Captain Madlkane Q. Cele, a Zulu of royal blood, and a graduate of the Hampton Institute, spoke in Lampson Hall about the need of civilization in his country, the great possibilities offered to capable men by the national resources, the want of American missionaries, and the general customs of his people...
Madikane Qandiyane Cele, a Zulu prince of the royal line, gave an interesting talk on the plans and purposes of the Armstrong Institute to be founded in Africa. It is the purpose of this institution to train the negro to apply brain training to the use of his hands...
...Cele mentioned the superstition still existing among the Zulus which requires the king when he is crowned to cut the throat of a tiger which has been caught alive by the naked hands of a certain number of young men, the idea being that the tiger's fierceness is transmitted to the king. It is the superstitions of this nature which must be dispelled before the race can make great progress towards civilization...
...African man performs any sort of manual labor which is considered degrading, but the women are the toilers. Standing in a community is measured by the number of wives which a man has. An ordinary person has about five, while the more influential members possess about thirty. Mr. Cele is well fitted to conduct a trade school to teach the Africans, having taken courses in blacksmithing, wheelwrighting, carpentry, upholstery, shoemaking, painting and agriculture at Hampton Institute. The trouble with many missionaries who have gone to Africa has been that they have had no practical experience in actual work, being only...
...Appointments for Dramatic Club trials in Brentford 33. 4.30.--**Memorial meeting for Dean Coes in Sanders Theatre. 8.00.--*Lecture by Mr. Mandikane Cele in Living Room of Union...