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title: 'The African Pygmies'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'Samuel Phillips Verner'
date: 1902-08-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Travelogues'
- 'Other Writings'
scriptures:
- 'Proverbs 1'
- 'Matthew 3'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/verner-1902-the-african-pygmies
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# The African Pygmies

Excerpt from Atlantic Monthly (1902) mixing a theological reflection on the 'fear of the Lord' with a travelogue about the Batwa (African Pygmies): village life, hunting, poisoned arrows, and customs.

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