West African Studies
ISBN: 9781108022019 | 1108022014
Edition: 1stFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr
Pub. Date: 12/9/2010
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First published in 1899, West African Studies was a best-seller. Travelling alone, Kingsley lived and traded with native tribes, to learn more about them, rather than observe as an outsider. Her objections to Western cultural and administrative imperialism and the assumption of European superiority were ahead of their time.
Mary Kingsley (1862-1900) is one of the best known Victorian women travellers, whose solo adventures in West Africa made her a celebrity in England. This, her second book, published in 1899, was... MORE
Mary Kingsley (1862-1900) is one of the best known Victorian women travellers, whose solo adventures in West Africa made her a celebrity in England. This, her second book, published in 1899, was... MORE
| Introductory | |
| Sierra Leone and its surroundings | |
| African characteristics | |
| Fishing in West Africa | |
| Fetish | |
| Schools of fetish | |
| Fetish and witchcraft | |
| African medicine | |
| The witch doctor | |
| Early trade in West Africa | |
| French discovery of West Africa | |
| Commerce in Wes... MORE | |
| The Crown Colony system | |
| The Crown Colony system in West Africa | |
| More of the Crown Colony system | |
| The clash of cultures | |
| An alternative plan | |
| African property | |
| Appendix | |
| A short description of the natives of the Niger Coast Protectorate, with some account of their customs, religion, trade, etc. M. le Comte C. N. de Cardi | |
| A voyage to the African oil rivers twenty-five years ago John Harford | |
| Trade goods used in the early trade with Africa as given by Barbot and other writers of the seventeenth century M. H. Kingsley | |
| Index | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
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