Travels in West Africa

By Kingsley, Mary H.

Book Id: WPLBN0002952504
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File Size: 580.01 MB
Reproduction Date: 2009

Title:	Travels in West Africa
Author:	Kingsley, Mary H.
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Non-fiction, Travel, Adventure
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Travels in West Africa
Historic Publication Date:	1900
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago H. Kingsle, B. M. (1900). Travels in West Africa. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.us/

Description
Mary Henrietta Kingsley (13 October 1862 – 3 June 1900) was an British explorer and writer who greatly influenced European ideas about Africa and its people. Kingsley was an outspoken critic of European colonialism, a champion for indigenous customs, and a dedicated campaigner for a revised British policy which supported traders and merchants over the needs of settlers and missionaries. Her adventures were extraordinary and fascinating. Among other things she fought with crocodiles, fell into native spear traps and was caught in a tornado on the slopes of Mount Cameroon. She traveled in West Africa wearing the same clothes she always wore in England: long, black, trailing skirts, tight waists, high collars and a small fur cap. These same clothes saved her life when she fell into a game pit, the many petticoats protecting her from being impaled on the stakes below. This is her story in her own words of her adventures and the people and culture of West Africa. (Summary by Kehinde)

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Electronic recorded live performance of a reading

Excerpt
Travel, Adventure