Among the Wild Ngoni

In 1875 the Livingstonia Mission landed on the west shore of Lake Nyasa. The first advance of the missionaries into Ngoniland was in 1878, and this 1899 work describes the enforced setting up of the mission among the Ngoni people, warriors of the Zulu race.

W.A.L. Elmslie

INTRODUCTION I. POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE NGONI II. THE COUNTRY AND THE PEOPLE III. NATIVE CUSTOMS AND BELIEFS IV. THE STATE OF THE COUNTRY .AND THE BEGINNING OF THE MISSION WORK V. MY FIRST VISIT TO MOMBERA VI. MEETING WITH THE HEAD-MEN VII. MISSION LIFE AND WORK IN THE EARLY DAYS VIII. THE RAIN QUESTION IX. IN MEMORIAM: WILLIAM KOYI X. IN MEMORIAM: JAMES SUTHERLAND XI. THE CRISIS: WAR, OR THE GOSPEL XII. IN MEMORIAM: DR STEELE XIII. REARRANGEMENT OF STATIONS AND GROWTH OF THE WORK