Ridpath's Universal history - an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the (14770227402)

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Title: Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Ridpath, John Clark, 1840-1900
Subjects: World history
Publisher: Cincinnati : Jones
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation



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isen to larger, more rational, andmore civilizing powers and activities. There is, however, a rim aroundSouthern and Southwestern Africa inwhich the race rises again, African rim of or has risen and asserted higher race de- .. ir . 1-1 r r velopment. itself m higher forms or life. The improvement of the African coast peoples, especially those who be- A FRICA X NIGRITI. IXS. —E THNIC COM PA RISOXS. 065 long to the cape countries, over thoseof the interior is conspicuous. Theiradvancement extends to several particu-lars, including well-marked ethnic char-acteristics, such as personal form, fea-ture, and color. We shall conclude ourexcursion, brief as it is, among the Af-rican nations by referring in detail to vision of the Bantu family of nations.The chief countries in which these peo-ples arc found are Kaffraria, Zululand,and Natal. Here they have developedinto a race character and measure ofactivity which have surprised the Euro-peans in their impact on the coasts ofSouthern Africa.
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RAPIDS OF THE IVINDO (WEST AFRICA).—Drawn by Riou, from a photograph. one or two of these exceptional Negroraces of the southern coast, and with asketch of the religious superstitions ofthe race. Ethnically considered, the peoples inquestion belong to that Ethnic relation- .... ship of the Zulu- linguistic division of the Kaffirs. -»T 111 Negroes whom we have de-scribed above as the Zulu-Kaffir group,or, in changed language, the first subdi- First as to the race origin of the Zulu-Kaffir tribes. This is a question whichhas been hotly disputed. How to ac-count for the presence and advanceddevelopment of the Zulu-Kaffir races onthe remote borders of Nigritia has beencontroverted not a little. Some haveheld, with good show of reason, thatthese peoples are of comparatively re-cent origin or emigration in the parts 666 GREAT RACES OF MANKIND. which they now occupy. It is believedthat the Hottentots, Bechuanas, Bush-men, etc., were originally in possessionof these shores, and that they h