Mary Kingsley () 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. She made three trips to 4/5(3). In August of , unmarried and alone, she traveled to West Africa at the age of 30 to gather fish specimens for the British Museum and to study fetish in order to complete her father's research on primitive religion. In her time, that created quite a stir/5(). After a second trip to Africa, Kingsley published her first major work, "Travels in West Africa" (). The book was an immediate best-seller, and popular for its honest and realistic depiction of life as a native African and British imperialistic www.doorway.rus: 5.
Travels in West Africa. Mary H. Kingsley ( - ) Mary Henrietta Kingsley (13 October - 3 June ) 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. 2 by Mary Henrietta Kingsley; Travels in West Africa: Congo Français, Corisco and Cameroons by Kingsley. Download This eBook. Format Url Size; Travels in West Africa: Congo Français, Corisco and Cameroons Language: English: LoC Class: DT: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Africa. Travels and writings on West Africa Mary Henrietta Kingsley (13 October [1] - 3 June [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.
In the s, unmarried and no longer having to care for her parents, Kingsley decides she should travel in "the tropics" and sets off for "West Africa" (i.e., the West coast of Central Africa). She travels as a scientist, collecting fish specimens, and finances her travels by trading along the way--but mostly she travels for the love of adventure and to satisfy an appetite for the www.doorway.ruey's book is a treasure trove of information about Atlantic-coast Central Africa in the late s. Travels in West Africa Mary Kingsley's "Travels in West Africa" has become a classic, and deservedly so. Her story is remarkable. In the s, unmarried and no longer having to care for her parents, Kingsley decides she should travel in "the tropics" and sets off for "West Africa" (i.e., the West coast of Central Africa). In August of , unmarried and alone, she traveled to West Africa at the age of 30 to gather fish specimens for the British Museum and to study fetish in order to complete her father's research on primitive religion. In her time, that created quite a stir.
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