Note 27 — Chapter I
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An exercise known as Taketi, pronounced ‘Tackety,’ after the style of ‘rickety.’ When the white man hears in the streets Jo and Taketi, he will understand that the infant population are requesting him to dance and tumble for their delectation. It is said that an Egbanized Englishman, lately proceeding up the river, was seized by the Abeokutans, and compelled to ‘Tackety’ for their amusement, whilst they looked on and drank his rum.