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406 and just in the southern borders of Loango who are not allowed to eat out of the same dish as the Bavili, or people of Kakongo. Should one ask for food he must tell the people that he is Mavumbu, but as it is a great disgrace to admit this, such a one seldom does ask another for it. I know one or two very rich and important men in the country, whose names I will not mention, who are Mavumbu. But where these people came from I cannot find out, neither can I make out why they should be so cursed.