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Travels in West Africa
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)
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Total running time: 20:08:08
Read by Kehinde
Proof-Listener: Shelagh
Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: Laurie Anne Walden
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- 00 – Preface & Introduction – 00:33:11
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[ogg vorbis - 22MB] - 01 – Liverpool to Sierra Leone and the Gold Coast – 00:44:03
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[ogg vorbis - 29MB] - 02 – Fernando Po and the Bubis – 01:04:36
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[ogg vorbis - 41MB] - 03 – Voyage Down Coast – 00:31:32
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[ogg vorbis - 20MB] - 04 – The Ogowe – 01:08:07
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[ogg vorbis - 44MB] - 05 – The Rapids of the Ogowe – 01:06:11
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[ogg vorbis - 43MB] - 06a – Lembarene, Part 1 – 00:43:59
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[ogg vorbis - 28MB] - 06b – Lembarene, Part 2 – 00:40:43
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[ogg vorbis - 26MB] - 07a – On the Way from Kangwe to Lake Ncovi, Part 1 – 00:32:51
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[ogg vorbis - 21MB] - 07b – On the Way from Kangwe to Lake Ncovi, Part 2 – 00:34:12
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[ogg vorbis - 22MB] - 08a – From Ncovi to Esoon, Part 1 – 00:35:29
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[ogg vorbis - 22MB] - 08b – From Ncovi to Esoon, Part 2 – 00:51:28
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[ogg vorbis - 34MB] - 09 – From Esoon to Ajongo – 00:33:57
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[ogg vorbis - 22MB] - 10 – Bush Trade and Fan Customs – 00:49:09
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[ogg vorbis - 31MB] - 11 – Down the Rembwe – 00:37:51
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[ogg vorbis - 25MB] - 12 – Fetish – 00:57:43
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[ogg vorbis - 36MB] - 13 – Fetish (cont.) – 00:47:51
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[ogg vorbis - 30MB] - 14 – Fetish (cont.) – 00:42:44
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[ogg vorbis - 27MB] - 15 – Fetish (cont.) – 00:37:19
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[ogg vorbis - 24MB] - 16 – Fetish (concluded) – 00:55:12
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[ogg vorbis - 35MB] - 17 – Ascent of the Great Peak of Cameroons – 00:33:42
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[ogg vorbis - 21MB] - 18 – The Great Peak of Cameroons (cont.) – 00:31:01
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[ogg vorbis - 20MB] - 19 – The Great Peak of Cameroons (cont.) – 00:21:09
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[ogg vorbis - 13MB] - 20 – The Great Peak of Cameroons (concluded) – 00:33:34
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[ogg vorbis - 21MB] - 21a – Trade and Labour in West Africa, Part 1 – 00:47:32
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[ogg vorbis - 31MB] - 21b – Trade and Labour in West Africa, Part 2 – 00:49:12
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[ogg vorbis - 31MB] - 21c – Trade and Labour in West Africa, Part 3 – 00:46:56
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[ogg vorbis - 30MB] - 22 – Disease in West Africa – 00:31:25
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[ogg vorbis - 20MB] - 23 – Appendix: The Invention of the Cloth Loom – 00:05:29
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Cataloged on October 30, 2009
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