In lieu of better they were often fain to satisfy their craving for flesh by eating locusts and larvae, as tribes in the interior still do.

In such conditions cannibalism was fairly common.

Especially prized was an enemy slain in war, for not only would his body feed the hungry but fetish taught that his bravery would pass to those who shared the feast.
In African economy nearly all routine work, including agriculture, was classed as domestic service and assigned to the women for performance.

The wife, bought with a price at the time of marriage, was virtually a slave; her husband her master.

Now one woman might keep her husband and children in but moderate comfort.