Travels in West Africa
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| Author | : Mary H. Kingsley |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 842 |
| Release | : 1897 |
| ISBN-10 | : STANFORD:36105048627330 |
| ISBN-13 | : |
| Rating | : 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Travels in West Africa by : Mary H. Kingsley
Book excerpt: As a dutiful Victorian daughter, the author was thirty before being freed (by her parents' deaths) to do as she chose. She went to West Africa in 1893 and again in 1895, to investigate the beliefs and customs of the inland tribes and also to collect zoological specimens. She was appalled by the 'thin veneer of rubbishy white culture' imposed by British officials and was not afraid to say so.
