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Category Archives: Explorers & exploration
What Samuel Baker, Explorer, Can tell Us about Gum Arabic 1 of 3
Gum arabic, the resin of certain acacia trees, has been an important product of east Africa and the Sahel for millennia. In addition to being traded as far away as India, it is eaten by local animals and has also been a … Continue reading
Posted in Blue Nile, Colonialism, Explorers & exploration, Gum arabic, Sahel, Samuel Grant, Sudan
Tagged Abyssinia, Acacia Senegal, Gum arabic, gum arabic tree, Hamran Arabs., mimosas, Samuel Baker, Sir Samuel Baker, Sudan
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Mungo Park, Explorer and Scientist in Sumatra and Africa
Following his trip to Sumatra [described below] Park traveled to west Africa under the tutelage of the Africa Association, which was keen to obtain more information on the river Niger and groups inhabiting the area. Park’s love of travel had … Continue reading
Posted in Africa-West, African rice, Agriculture, Colonialism, Explorers & exploration, Mungo Park
Tagged Linnean Society, Mungo Park, Royal Society, Sumatra
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Missionaries in Nineteenth Century Africa – A Few Considerations
The Rev. Robert Nassau, who first landed in West Africa in 1861, spent the following 30+ years in this region, as a religious official and graduate of Princeton University. And while there is much to be criticized in these early years of … Continue reading
Posted in Africa-West, Christianity, Colonialism, European colonizers, Explorers & exploration, Robert Nassau
Tagged Fetichism, Gabon, Gabun, Ogowe River, Robert Nassau, West Africa
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What the well-dressed fieldworker is wearing this summer (i)
Matthew Timothy Bradley is posting a series of blog on field-garb, which is both very useful for those in or going to the field and is also very amusing. Some good analysis from, of course, a field anthropologist. Here are a … Continue reading
Friday Funnies: Monkey-Business
While it is the human-like qualities of primates that attracts us to watch and enjoy them, it is the case that in rural Africa – at least the parts in which I’ve lived and travelled – they are simply considered … Continue reading
Posted in Africa-General, Chimpanzees, Explorers & exploration, Hotel Club du Lac Tanganyika2, Lake Tanganyika, Living here, Primates, Susan Savage-Rumbaugh
Tagged Africa, Bonobo, Burundi, Chimpanzee, chimps, Common chimpanzee, Congo, David Livingstone, enrichment activities, Jane Goodall, Lake Tanganyika, Primate, primate enrichment, primate pictures, primates, Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, Tanganyika, wildlife sanctuary
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The Adventures of Mary Gaunt, Alone in West Africa in 1910
Not an explorer – too late for that – but certainly one of the most interesting travelers in Africa during the colonial period, whose insights bring to life colonial times along the west African coast. This is the first of … Continue reading
Posted in Africa-West, Colonialism, European explorers, Explorers & exploration, Mary Gaunt, Mungo Park
Tagged Africa, Bamboo, Banjul, Charles Lucas, Colonial Office, Gambia, Gold Coast, London, Mary Gaunt, Mungo Park, Toll Bridge, West Africa
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