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Travels in West Africa: the Classic Account of One Woman's Epic and Eccentric Journey in the 1890s (Penguin Classics)
Travels in West Africa the Classic Account of One Woman's Epic and Eccentric Journey in the 1890s - Penguin Classics
Author: Mary H. Kingsley
On the death of her parents, Mary Kingsley set out to study native religion and law in West Africa, and to complete the work done by her father in the study of comparative sacrificial rites and fetishes. Her story is remarkable because she had, till then, led the sheltered, middle-class life of a Victorian spinster. Her book is a testament to un...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780141439426
ISBN-10: 0141439424
Publication Date: 5/5/2011
Pages: 612
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Publisher: Penguin Classics
Book Type: Paperback
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