Inspired by her own contact with Africa, Caroline Oliver has written biographies of five intrepid women who traveled through the interior of Africa during colonial times. Two were explorers. Alexine Tinne led her own expedition up the Bahr el Ghazal tributary of the Nile. The second sketch traces the expeditions of Florence Baker who accompanied her husband on two hazardous journeys to the lake regions of Central Africa. Oliver portrays Mary Kingsley, an intellectual who walked alone through the West African forests doing ...
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Inspired by her own contact with Africa, Caroline Oliver has written biographies of five intrepid women who traveled through the interior of Africa during colonial times. Two were explorers. Alexine Tinne led her own expedition up the Bahr el Ghazal tributary of the Nile. The second sketch traces the expeditions of Florence Baker who accompanied her husband on two hazardous journeys to the lake regions of Central Africa. Oliver portrays Mary Kingsley, an intellectual who walked alone through the West African forests doing ethnographic research. The closing biographies are of two missionaries; Mary Slessor, who became the first female magistrate of the Okon district of Calabar, and Mother Kevin, who established many schools throughout East Africa. Oliver brings to her writing the special enthusiasm gained from having seen the African backgrounds in which these women lived and worked.
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Near Fine with no dust jacket. 0313233888. Previous owner bookplate on the pre-title page.; Number 12 in the series "Contributions in Comparative Colonial Studies. " Concerns women as missionaries and explorers in Africa.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 201 pp.
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Very good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. ISBN: 0-313-23388-8 Pages: 201 Ex British Foreign Office library with a few library markings else VG.
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Contributions in Comparative Colonial Studies, Number 12; Red cloth with gold titles; A very good copy with 4 printer stamps (not for sale) + 3 owner stamps on fep & pastedowns; 201 pages. Size: 5.5"x8.25"
