"Mpuke, Our Little African Cousin" by Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade is a story of an African child, exhibiting the culture of Africa. Excerpt: "Far away, toward the other side of the round earth, far to the east and south of America, lies the great continent of Africa. There live many people strange to us, with their black skins, kinky, woolly hair, flat noses, and thick lips. These black people we call Africans or negroes, and it is a little child among them that we are going to visit by and by."
Are you ready for a long journey this morning? Your eyes look eager for new sights, so we will start at once for Mpuke's strange home. We will travel on the wings of the mind so as to cross the great ocean in the passage of a moment. No seasickness, no expense, and no worry! It is a comfortable way to travel. Do you not think so? Yes, this is Africa. Men
Ho'opuka e ka la ma ka hikina Me ka huaka`i hele no Kumukahi Ha'a mai na 'iwa me Hi'iaka Me Kapo-Laka i ka uluwehiwehi Ne'e mai na 'iwa ma ku'u alo Me ke alo kapu o ka aiwaiwa Ho'i no e ke kapu me na ali'i E ola makou apau loa la Ea la, ea la, ea la, ea He inoa no Hi'iaka I Ka Poli 'O Pele == Rise, O sun in the east With a procession going to Kumukahi Dancing are the beautiful ones with Hi'iaka And Kapo-Laka in the verdant grove Moving ahead are the dancers toward me And to the sacred presence of the divine Let the sacred ways return to the chiefs Let us all give everlasting praise Ea la, ea la, ea la, ea In the name of Hi'iaka-in-the-bosom-of Pele - - - - Get Your Copy Now.
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