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title: 'Mawedo, the Palm-Land Maiden'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Robert Hamill Nassau'
date: 1882-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Fiction'
- 'Travelogues'
- 'Non-Christian Religions and Beliefs'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 5'
- 'Isaiah 60'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/nassau-1882-mawedo-the-palm-land-maiden
---

# Mawedo, the Palm-Land Maiden

Fictionalized ethnographic narrative of Mawedo, a woman in Equatorial Africa who endures slavery, village life, witchcraft, and the influence of Christian missions.

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