Chapter 35

YEARS and years ago, _cala cala_ as the saying is, when the Portuguese were in the land, came many canoes along the great river. In those days there was a river that ran through the N’gombi country—it is now an overgrown depression in the forest. Whence came this expedition nobody knew. The men camped on the edge of the Ochori country and made a fortification with the help of forced labour. Then came other men in pursuit, and there was a great battle of swords and spears, and in the end the attackers succeeded. Eve…