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"Travels in West Africa" is a book as vivid and unforgettable as the extraordinary author herself, Mary Kingsley.
In 1893, defying every convention of Victorian womanhood, Mary Kingsley set off alone for West Africa to collect botanical specimens. Unaccompanied except for native guides, she plunged boldly into forbidding jungles, often the first European--and almost always the first white woman--ever to arrive. Undaunted by tales of ferocious cannibals, she made friends with the tribes she met and collected priceless samples of flora and fauna. Along the way she fought off crocodiles with a paddle and hit a leopard over the head with a pot. When she fell into a trap lined with sharp sticks, she was saved by her voluminous crinolines - for she always dressed like a lady.
In her own words, "Travels in West Africa" is the story of her adventures and the people and culture of West Africa.
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GenreTravel, Biography and Memoir, History
Length19 hrs 56 mins
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Publish dateSep 22, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Preface
2Preface To The Abridged Edition Of Travels In West Africa
3Introduction
4Chapter 1. Liverpool To Sierra Leone And The Gold Coast
5Chapter 2. Fernando Po And The Bubis
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6Chapter 3. Voyage Down Coast
7Chapter 4. The Ogowé
8Chapter 5. The Rapids Of The Ogowé
9Chapter 6. Lembarene
10Chapter 7. On The Way From Kangwe To Lake Ncovi
11Chapter 8. From Ncovi To Esoon
12Chapter 9. From Esoon To Agonjo
13Chapter 10. Bush Trade And Fan Customs
14Chapter 11. Down The Rembwé
15Chapter 12. Fetish
16Chapter 13. Fetish - (Continued)
17Chapter 14. Fetish - (Continued)
18Chapter 15. Fetish - (Continued)
19Chapter 16. Fetish - (Concluded)
20Chapter 17. Ascent Of The Great Peak Of Cameroons
21Chapter 18. Ascent Of The Great Peak Of Cameroons - (Continued)
22Chapter 19. The Great Peak Of Cameroons - (Continued)
23Chapter 20. The Great Peak Of Cameroons - (Continued)
24Chapter 21. Trade And Labour In West Africa
25Chapter 22. Disease In West Africa
26Appendix. The Invention Of The Cloth Loom
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