Now although this is not a manual of devotion, i must say a few words on the bottomless pit. She then discusses the cults and religions in west africa and has many useful insights into trade and development. Kingsley 1862 1900 mary henrietta kingsley october 1862 3 june 1900 was an british explorer and writer who greatly influenced european ideas about africa and. At age 30, mary kingsley, left england for west africa to collect botanical specimens for a book left unfinished by her father at his death. This, her first book, published in 1897, was an instant bestseller. Towards the end of the nineteenth century, at which time west africa was still dubbed the white mans grave because of high mortality rate among its european visitors, the region was still an unpopular. Travels in west africa, the first of three books written by mary kingsley, details with quick, dry wit the adventures kingsley experienced as the first european to travel into remote areas of gabon. Some areas had never been visited by a white man, much less a white woman. Mary kingsley the anthology of the outdoor experience mary kingselys selection from the anthology of the outdoor experience pp. Click download or read online button to get west african travels book now. Survey of british commonwealth affaffis dspace home.
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Mary henrietta kingsley was an english ethnographic and scientific writer and explorer whose travels throughout west africa and resulting work helped shape european perceptions of african cultures and british imperialism. West african studies, mary henrietta kingsley hellenica world. She travelled extensively, engaging in trade both to fund her trip and to get to. Chapters include disease in west africa, trade and labour in west africa, fetish, ascent of the great peak of cameroons, from esoon to agonjo, and, the rapids of the ogowe. Kingsley mary henrietta kingsley october 1862 3 june 1900 was an british explorer and writer who greatly influenced european ideas about africa. In 1893, defying every convention of victorian womanhood, mary kingsley set off alone for west africa to collect botanical specimens. Travels in west africa travel medicine and infectious disease 2014 12, 201e202 available online at. Mary kingsley is the most amazing, travelling alone to west africa at a time when a woman travelling on her own was not the done thing. Unaccompanied except for native guides, she plunged boldly into forbidding jungles, often the first europeanand almost always the first white womanever to arrive. Mary henrietta kingsley 18621900 was an english writer and trailblazing woman explorer whose reports of her experiences in africa, and her championing of the dignity of indigenous africans and their customs, shed a new light on the continent fo. I do not approach this as an exploration of her personal. Those who had the honour of knowing mary kingsley, and corresponding with her on west african affairs. Mary kingsleys travels in west africa has become a classic, and deservedly so.
Mary kingsley was conceived out of wedlock, her parents marrying only four days before her birth. Are you still very confused of where understanding. Mary kingsley, whose travels in west africa 1897 was also a bestseller. Travels in west africa national geographic adventure. Mary kingsley 18621900 was an english author and explorer known for her bestselling travels in west africa, one of two books she wrote about her time in the region. Travels and writings on west africa mary henrietta kingsley october 1862 1 3 june 1900 2 3 was an english ethnographer, scientific writer, and explorer whose travels throughout west africa and resulting work helped shape european perceptions of african cultures and british imperialism. Pdf travels in west africa download full pdf book download. Until 1893, mary kingsley lived the typical life of a single victorian woman, tending to sick relatives and keeping house for her brother. Mary henrietta kingsley 18621900 was an english writer and explorer who greatly influenced european ideas about africa and african people. Mary kingsley went alone, in 1893, to remote areas in west africa crawling with cannibal tribes. The rest of the book that is not travel narrative is her thoughts and research on africa. Kingsley s book covers her travels to west africa in the 1890s. Travels in west africa, by mary henrietta kingsley. Mary kingsley traversed uncharted regions of west africa alone, on foot, collecting specimens of local fauna and trading with nativesa remarkable feat in any era, but particularly for a woman of the 1890s.
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