Show Hide Signs of Wealth In every Bantu language there is a word to describe the action o oa of ofa a man who owning a considerable herd of cattle plants them ou out among his poorer relatives anc and neighbors so that he will no not appear too prosperous Everybody knows that they are his and just jus how many he has but he mus must avoid any appearance of tion Similarly it is not considered advisable to own too good a house or lands that are too well Fear of exciting the envy of the chief is one of the motives motive that govern this attitude of mind which always has been a powerful brake to the progress of Bantu agriculture in South Africa |