African-american exploration in west africa: four nineteenth-century diaries
Éditeur :
Indiana University Press
ISBN :
9780253341945
Date de publication :
13 nov. 2003
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
880 g
Format :
Paper over boards
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Presents four travel diaries of pioneering African Americans who were the first to explore and document the West African interior. This work reveals the wealth and beauty of Africa in descriptions of its geography, people, flora, and fauna. It challenges the notion that there were no black explorers in Africa.