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South African Jour. Of Sci.
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Historical SummaryDos n/a Santos n/a n/a n/a n/a, a Portuguese traveler writing in 1607 of the Sofala, a Southern Bantu tribe, says:
It was formerly the custom of the kings of this land to commit suicide by taking poison when any disaster or natural physical defect fell upon them, such as impotence, infectious disease, the loss of their front teeth by which they were disfigured, or any other deformity or affliction. To put an end to such defects they killed themselves, saying the king should be free from any blemish, and if not it was better for his honor that he should die and seek another life where he would be made whole, for there everything was perfect. But the Quiteve who reigned when I was in those parts would not imitate his predecessors in this, being discreet and dreaded as he was; for having lost a front tooth, he caused it to be proclaimed throughout the kingdom that all should be aware that he had lost a tooth and should recognize him when they saw him without it, and if his predecessors killed themselves for such things they were very foolish, and he would not do so; on the contrary, he would be very sorry when the time came for him to die a natural death, for his life was very necessary to preserve his kingdom and defend it from his enemies; and he recommended his successors to follow his example.2
2 Theal, G. M., Records of South-Eastern Africa, 7: 194–195.
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Chicago: "South African Jour. Of Sci.," South African Jour. Of Sci. in Primitive Behavior: An Introduction to the Social Sciences, ed. Thomas, William I. (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1937), Original Sources, accessed December 9, 2023, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=W6BWF6GAGT85EBW.
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