ABSTRACT
THE portion of Central Africa now known as "Garenganze" is called by the aborigines Sanga. I t borders on Katanga, the famous copper-producing district, often referred to in Livingstone's travels, which was tributary to the chief of Sanga. Kalasa, the father of Msidi, the present ruler of Garenganze, was a minor chief under Mirambo, the great chief of the Unyamwesi country, to the east of Lake Tanganyika. Kalasa was a trader in copper, and after frequent visits to Sanga a close friendship sprang up between him and the old chief of that country. On one occasion Msidi (who was Kalasa's second son) made a visit to Sanga instead of his father. Guns as a means of warfare were then entirely unknown in the central regions of Africa. Msidi, however, had possessed himself of four guns for his party, and on arriving in the Sanga country he found the old chief at ,val" with a powerful chief to the north of him, who with his people, the Baluba, was invading the Sanga country. Msidi came to the rescue of his father's friend, and after a few shots from his party, the Baluba, alarmed at the new weapons of war, took flight. Naturally the old Sanga chief was pleased with Msidi, who had thus delivered him and his people out of the hands of their enemies, and determined to reward him handsomely. This he
did by handing over to him large presents of ivory, urging him to return to his country as soon as possible.
