Note 149 — Chapter III
Reading edition
A full account of this literature will be found in the Rev. C. F. Schlenker's valuable work, A Collection of Temne Traditions, Fables and Proverbs, London, 1861. Here is given the curious explanation of the tribal name, from o-tem, an old man, and né, himself, because, as they say, the Temné people will exist for ever.