Visualizing Africa in Nineteenth-Century British Travel Accounts
Visualizing Africa in Nineteenth-Century British Travel Accounts

Author: Leila Koivunen

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2008-11-19

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 1135856125

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This study provides the first sustained analysis of the process by which images of Africa were transformed into the illustrations of the continent that appeared in nineteenth-century European travel books. Koivunen examines the actual production process of images and the books in which they were published in order to demonstrate how, why, and by whom the images were manipulated.

The Rock Art of Africa
The Rock Art of Africa

Author: A.R. Willcox

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-01-29

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 1315515350

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It has long been known that all forms of art – rock paintings, carvings and scribings, and also portable sculpture – are present at various locations throughout Africa. This book was the first inclusive survey and brings together in one volume accounts of African rock art which were previously scattered in scholarly monographs, journals and travellers’ tales. The range of the coverage is geophysically comprehensive, from the Atlas Mountains to the Cape of Good Hope. The art styles are set into a firm chronological framework, and are displayed against a background of human, physical and cultural evolution. Considerable discussion is also devoted to the varied purposes which the paintings and carvings served in the communities which produced them, looking at the differing interpretations fully and fairly. A fascinating collection of illustrations, some in colour, truly reflects the variety of forms in which African rock art is manifested. Originally published 1984.

The Baobabs: Pachycauls of Africa, Madagascar and Australia
The Baobabs: Pachycauls of Africa, Madagascar and Australia

Author: G.E. Wickens

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2008-03-02

Total Pages: 535

ISBN-13: 1402064314

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This is the only comprehensive account of all eight species in the genus Adansonia. It describes the historical background from the late Roman period to the present. It covers the extraordinary variety of economic uses of baobabs. There are also appendices on vernacular names, gazetteer, economics, nutrition and forest mensuration. This book fills a gap in the botanical literature. It deals with a genus that has fascinated and intrigued scientists and lay persons for centuries.

David Livingstone and the Myth of African Poverty and Disease
David Livingstone and the Myth of African Poverty and Disease

Author: Sjoerd Rijpma

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2015-06-24

Total Pages: 640

ISBN-13: 9004293736

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This study about David Livingstone is different from all other publications about him. Here, Livingstone is not the main topic of interest; the focus of the author is on nutrition and health in pre-colonial Africa and Livingstone is his key informant. David Livingstone and the Myth of African Poverty and Disease is an unusual book. After a close examination of Livingstone’s writings and comparative reading of contemporary authors, Sjoerd Rijpma has been able to draw cautious conclusions about the relatively favourable conditions of health and nutrition in southern and central Africa during the pre-colonial period. His findings shed new light on the medical history of Sub-Saharan Africa. The surprise awaiting travellers in and also before 19th century Africa was that the inhabitants of the interior, even the ‘slaves’, were healthier and better fed than many of their contemporaries in Europe’s Industrial Revolution. “An impressive piece of scholarship, truly forensic in its close reading and re-reading of Livingstone’s published works and those of other travellers during the same era, clearly a labour of love which has taken years to complete” (Joanna Lewis).

Christianity in South Africa
Christianity in South Africa

Author: Richard Elphick

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1997-01-01

Total Pages: 512

ISBN-13: 9780520209404

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"At a strategic time in South Africa's history, the Christian history which is absolutely basic to all developments, is presented in a comprehensive and objective way. Too little attention is given to the influence of religion in socio-political accounts. This is a creative and much-needed contribution to scholarship and general knowledge. . . . An outstanding work."--Dean S. Gilliland, Fuller Theological Seminary

Herders, Warriors, And Traders
Herders, Warriors, And Traders

Author: John G Galaty

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-03-04

Total Pages: 311

ISBN-13: 0429714602

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African pastoralists have been devastated by drought, famine and dislocation, yet herding remains the most viable system of support for the inhabitants of the vast arid and semi-arid zones. Using case studies of the Tswana and the San, the interlacustrine pastoralists, the Masai and Mursi of East Africa, and the multi-ethnic regional systems of Lak

CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names
CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names

Author: Umberto Quattrocchi

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2023-02-03

Total Pages: 647

ISBN-13: 1000897710

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This volume provides the origins and meanings of the names of genera and species of extant vascular plants, with the genera arranged alphabetically from R to Z.