Travels in West Africa
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174
1900
English
- Preface & Introduction
- LIVERPOOL TO SIERRA LEONE AND THE GOLD COAST
- FERNANDO PO AND THE BUBIS
- VOYAGE DOWN COAST
- THE OGOWÉ
- THE RAPIDS OF THE OGOWÉ
- LEMBARENE, Part 1
- LEMBARENE, Part 2
- ON THE WAY FROM KANGWE TO LAKE NCOVI, Part 1
- ON THE WAY FROM KANGWE TO LAKE NCOVI, Part 2
- FROM NCOVI TO ESOON, Part 1
- FROM NCOVI TO ESOON, Part 2
- FROM ESOON TO AGONJO
- BUSH TRADE AND FAN CUSTOMS
- DOWN THE REMBWÉ
- FETISH
- FETISH - (Continued)
- FETISH - (Continued)
- FETISH - (Continued)
- FETISH - (Concluded)
- ASCENT OF THE GREAT PEAK OF CAMEROONS
- THE GREAT PEAK OF CAMEROONS - (Continued)
- THE GREAT PEAK OF CAMEROONS - (Continued)
- THE GREAT PEAK OF CAMEROONS - (Concluded)
- TRADE AND LABOUR IN WEST AFRICA, Part 1
- TRADE AND LABOUR IN WEST AFRICA, Part 2
- TRADE AND LABOUR IN WEST AFRICA, Part 3
- DISEASE IN WEST AFRICA
- APPENDIX. THE INVENTION OF THE CLOTH LOOM
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)
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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