Search Results: Africa from KALAMOS BOOKS

London: Arrow, 1990 Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Reprint. Their most recent sojourn took them to Africa for the first time, where Murphy, eighteen-year-old Rachel and a Fulani stallion called Egbert spent three unpredictable months following ludicrously inaccurate maps leading them from village to village in Cameroon. Although they spoke none of Cameroon's 300 or so languages, the Murphys enjoyed the hospitality of the local people and numerous village chiefs--some with as many as 250 wives--as they made their way through the highlands, where Europeans were first seen fewer than ninety years ago. They camped in the uncannily depopulated Gangdaba Mountains, which soon broke their nerve; during their stay in the breathtaking Mbabo Mountains, they had the chance to observe the indigenous wildlife--warthogs, antelope, baboons, and colobus monkeys..

Athens: Ekdoseis Oganismos P. Kyriakide, 2011 Book. New. French Wraps. 1st Greek Edition.. In Greek with a brief introduction in English. A short survey of some of the remnants of early Christianity along the upper Nile into Sudan. Illustrations of some of the icons with Greek/Coptic inscriptions. 65p. Bibliography +12p.of illustrations in colour [ 5 copies found in WorldCat].

London: Penguin, 1971 Book. Near Fine. Pbk. First Thus. One aspect of South African apartheid is the resettlement of Africans in Bantu "homelands" What this pretty concept . entailed for about 1, 000,000 black people - in himan suffering poverty and starvation - is here described by a Franciscan priest. [who] .factually records what he found - thousands of families uprooted(with fire and force where neccessary) and dumped on bleak, barren sites which offer little hope of food, shelter, work or even water. 265p. illus maps,index.

New York: George H.Doran. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 10th ed... Biography of .Mary Slessor (1848-1915) an intrepid Scottish woman who went to West Africa as a United Free Church of Scotland Missionary to the Efik people of Calabar [Nigeria] Undated but owner name dated 1919. 353p,Frontis. plates. A neat unmarked copy, front hinge starting, water? stain on front cover.

New York: William Papas, 2005 Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st US Ed... "the amazing life of Lady Florence Baker (c. 1845-1916), who made the journey from a Turkish harem to become the wife of an English aristocrat--with whom she made many subsequent journeys to places that included Africa and the source of Nile. " 428p. illus bibliography. index.

Harare: MercuryPress, 1983 Book. Illus. by Sylvia Bird. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition.. Detailed description of Zimbabwe as it was before the destructive policies of Robert Mugabe. 164p, illus ( B & W) index. Donor inscription inside front cover, Sticker of flag inside back cover..