African-American Exploration in West Africa
Four Nineteenth-Century Diaries
In the 1860s, as America waged civil war, several thousand African Americans sought greater freedom by emigrating to the fledgling nation of Liberia. While some argued that the new black republic represented disposal rather than emancipation, a few intrepid men set out to explore their African home. African-American Exploration in West Africa collects the travel diaries of James L. Sims, George L. Seymour, and Benjamin J. K. Anderson, who explored the territory that is now Liberia and Guinea between 1858 and 1874. These remarkable diaries reveal the wealth and beauty of Africa in striking descriptions of its geography, people, flora, and faun…
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Weitere Autoren: Geysbeek, Tim (Hrsg.) / Holsoe, Svend E. (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-253-34194-5
- EAN: 9780253341945
- Produktnummer: 1607519
- Verlag: Indiana University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
- Seitenangabe: 504 S.
- Masse: H24.0 cm x B16.1 cm x D3.1 cm 918 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 918
Über den Autor
James Fairhead is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Sussex.Tim Geysbeek teaches history at Grand Valley Sate University and has taught at the ELWA Academy in Monrovia, Liberia. He has published his work in History in Africa and the Liberian Studies Journal.Svend E. Holsoe is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Delaware. He has done extensive research on Liberia and is the founding editor of the Liberian Studies Journal.Melissa Leach is Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex. Her research interests include issues of gender, environment, science, and history. She is the author of Rainforest Relations.
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