mongongo

Updated: June 29, 2025

We can see from this a sort of break in the high land which stretches away round to Tala Mongongo, through which the river comes. A death had occurred in a village about a mile off, and the people were busy beating drums and firing guns. The funeral rites are half festive, half mourning, partaking somewhat of the character of an Irish wake.

David Livingstone - Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa