Download or read book First Footsteps in East Africa Or An Exploration of Harar written by Sir Richard Francis Burton and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book First Footsteps in East Africa Or An Exploration of Harar written by Sir Richard Francis Burton and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book First Footsteps in East Africa written by Sir Richard Francis Burton and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Crazy River written by Richard Grant and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-10-25 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the acclaimed author of Dispatches From Pluto and Deepest South of All comes a rollicking travelogue from East Africa. NO ONE TRAVELS QUITE LIKE RICHARD GRANT and, really, no one should. In his last book, the adventure classic God’s Middle Finger, he narrowly escaped death in Mexico’s lawless Sierra Madre. Now, Grant has plunged with his trademark recklessness, wit, and curiosity into East Africa. Setting out to make the first descent of an unexplored river in Tanzania, he gets waylaid in Zanzibar by thieves, whores, and a charismatic former golf pro before crossing the Indian Ocean in a rickety cargo boat. And then the real adventure begins. Known to local tribes as “the river of bad spirits,” the Malagarasi River is a daunting adversary even with a heavily armed Tanzanian crew as travel companions. Dodging bullets, hippos, and crocodiles, Grant finally emerges in war-torn Burundi, where he befriends some ethnic street gangsters and trails a notorious man-eating crocodile known as Gustave. He concludes his journey by interviewing the dictatorial president of Rwanda and visiting the true source of the Nile. Gripping, illuminating, sometimes harrowing, often hilarious, Crazy River is a brilliantly rendered account of a modern-day exploration of Africa, and the unraveling of Grant’s peeled, battered mind as he tries to take it all in.
Download or read book First Footsteps in East Africa written by Richard Francis Sir Burton and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-21 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Burton's account of his trip from the Red Sea coast to Harar and back in 1854-55 is a great read that demonstrates Burton's powers of observation, vividly descriptive language, and genuine interest in the customs, beliefs, and day-to-day activities of indigenous people. In this book, Burton offers a real insight into the beliefs and way of life of the people he meets.
Download or read book First Footsteps in East Africa written by Sir Richard Francis Burton and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 101-01-01 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Footsteps in East Africa by Sir Richard Francis Burton: Embark on a remarkable journey of exploration with Sir Richard Francis Burton in "First Footsteps in East Africa." This gripping travelogue takes you through the uncharted territories of East Africa, capturing the awe-inspiring landscapes, encounters with diverse cultures, and the challenges of traversing unknown terrain. Burton's vivid prose transports you to a world of discovery and adventure. Why This Book? Burton's daring expeditions come alive in "First Footsteps in East Africa," offering a glimpse into the spirit of exploration during an era of discovery. This travelogue not only reveals the mysteries of distant lands but also showcases the resilience and curiosity that drive human exploration.
Download or read book First Footsteps In East Africa written by Richard Burton and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A British explorer's 1856 account of the slave-trading city of Harar in East Africa, previously unvisited by Europeans.
Download or read book The Prophet s Camel Bell written by Margaret Laurence and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2012-10-12 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1950, as a young bride, Margaret Laurence set out with her engineer husband to what was then Somaliland: a British protectorate in North Africa few Canadians had ever heard of. Her account of this voyage into the desert is full of wit and astonishment. Laurence honestly portrays the difficulty of colonial relationships and the frustration of trying to get along with Somalis who had no reason to trust outsiders. There are moments of surprise and discovery when Laurence exclaims at the beauty of a flock of birds only to discover that they are locusts, or offers medical help to impoverished neighbors only to be confronted with how little she can help them. During her stay, Laurence moves past misunderstanding the Somalis and comes to admire memorable individuals: a storyteller, a poet, a camel-herder. The Prophet’s Camel Bell is both a fascinating account of Somali culture and British colonial characters, and a lyrical description of life in the desert.
Download or read book Doing Conceptual History in Africa written by Axel Fleisch and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2016-05-15 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This volume is the product of a series of collaborative meetings and workshops between 2010 and 2014."--Acknowledgements.
Download or read book The Sad Story of Burton Speke and the Nile or Was John Hanning Speke a Cad written by W. B. Carnochan and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a study of the famous controversy between Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke, fellow explorers who quarreled over Speke's claim to have discovered the source of the Nile during their African expedition in 1857-59. Speke died of a gunshot wound, probably accidental, the day before a scheduled debate with Burton in 1864. Burton has had the upper hand in subsequent accounts. Speke has been called a “cad.” In light of new evidence and after a careful reading of duelling texts, Carnochan concludes that the case against Speke remains unproven-and that the story, as normally told, displays the inescapable uncertainty of historical narrative. All was fair in this love-war.
Download or read book Warriors written by Gerald Hanley and published by Eland Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Somalia is one of the world's most desolate, sun-scorched lands, inhabited by fierce and independent-minded tribesmen. It was here that Gerald Hanley spent the Second World War, charged with preventing bloodshed between feuding tribes at a remote out-station. Rations were scarce, pay infrequent and his detachment of native soldiers near-mutinous." "In these extreme conditions seven British officers committed suicide, but Hanley describes the period as the 'most valuable time' of his life. With intense curiosity and open-mindedness, he explores the effects of loneliness. He comes to understand the Somalis' love of fighting and to admire their contempt for death. 'Of all the races of Africa,' he says, 'there cannot be one better to live among than the most difficult, the proudest, the bravest, the vainest, the most merciless, the friendliest: the Somalis.'"--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book First Footsteps in East Africa Or an Exploration of Harar written by Richard F. Burton and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2014-01-15 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the great adventure classics. Victorian scholar-adventurer’s firsthand epic account of daring 1854 expedition to forbidden East African capital city. A wealth of geographic, ethnographic and linguistic data.
Download or read book The City of the Saints written by Sir Richard Francis Burton and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wanderings in West Africa from Liverpool to Fernando Po written by Sir Richard Francis Burton and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book First Footsteps in East Africa written by Sir Richard Francis Burton and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book We Do Not Have Borders written by Keren Weitzberg and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2017-07-25 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though often associated with foreigners and refugees, many Somalis have lived in Kenya for generations, in many cases since long before the founding of the country. Despite their long residency, foreign and state officials and Kenyan citizens often perceive the Somali population to be a dangerous and alien presence in the country, and charges of civil and human rights abuses have mounted against them in recent years. In We Do Not Have Borders, Keren Weitzberg examines the historical factors that led to this state of affairs. In the process, she challenges many of the most fundamental analytical categories, such as “tribe,” “race,” and “nation,” that have traditionally shaped African historiography. Her interest in the ways in which Somali representations of the past and the present inform one another places her research at the intersection of the disciplines of history, political science, and anthropology. Given tragic events in Kenya and the controversy surrounding al-Shabaab, We Do Not Have Borders has enormous historical and contemporary significance, and provides unique inroads into debates over globalization, African sovereignty, the resurgence of religion, and the multiple meanings of being African.
Download or read book It s Our Turn to Eat written by Michela Wrong and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-06-03 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story of one man’s fight against corruption: "like a John Le Carré novel” that shows “how and why Kenya descended into political violence” (Washington Post). In January 2003, Kenya was hailed as a model of democracy after the peaceful election of President Mwai Kibaki. By appointing respected longtime reformer John Githongo as anticorruption czar, the new Kikuyu government signaled its determination to end the shady practices that had tainted the previous regime. Yet only two years later, Githongo himself was on the run, having secretly compiled evidence of official malfeasance throughout the new administration. Unable to remain silent, Githongo, at great personal risk, made the painful choice to go public. The result was a Kenyan Watergate. Michela Wrong’s account of how a pillar of the establishment turned whistle-blower—instantly becoming one of the most hated and admired men in Kenya—grips like a political thriller while probing the very roots of the nation’s predicament. “A fast-paced political thriller. . . . Wrong’s gripping, thoughtful book stands as both a tribute to Githongo’s courage and a cautionary tale.” —New York Times Book Review
