Fossey's extraordinary efforts to ensure the future of the rain forest and its remaining mountain gorillas are captured in her own words and in candid photographs of this fascinating endangered species. As only she could, Fossey combined her personal adventure story with groundbreaking scientific reporting in an unforgettable portrait of one of our closest primate relatives. Although Fossey's work ended tragically in her murder, Gorillas in the Mist remains an invaluable testament to one of the longest-running field studies of primates and reveals her undying passion for her subject.

    After consulting African game experts and recalling his own experiences and those of his colleagues, Capstick has written chilling, authoritative accounts of hunting the five most dangerous killers on the African continent-- lion, leopard, elephant, Cape buffalo and rhinoceros.The classic big-game animals are unmatched as a test of a hunter's skill and courage. With a command of exciting prose, Capstick brings us along on the chase. The warning snarl of a crouching lion, the swish of grass that reveals a leopard, the enraged scream of a wounded elephant, the cloud of dust that marks a herd of Cape buffalo, the earthshaking charge of a rhino are recreated in heart-stopping, nerve-racking detail. In Death in the Dark Continent, Capstick brings to life all the suspense, fear and exhilaration of stalking ferocious killers under primitive, savage conditions, with the ever present threat of death.

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    When British anthropologist Nigel Barley set up home among the Dowayo people in northern Cameroon, he knew how fieldwork should be conducted. Unfortunately, nobody had told the Dowayo. His compulsive, witty account of first fieldwork offers a wonderfully inspiring introduction to the real life of a cultural anthropologist doing research in a Third World area. Both touching and hilarious, Barley's unconventional story—in which he survived boredom, hostility, disaster, and illness—addresses many critical issues in anthropology and in fieldwork.

    This book reveals how five distinct African civilizations have shaped the specific cultures of their New World descendants.

    It brings together the latest research of the 1980s on Nile Valley civilizations, what they achieved, and their impact on Africa and the world. The authors take an -Afrocentric- in contrast to a -Eurocentric- perspective in their studies of the birthplace of civilization. This volume includes sections on the race and origin of the ancient Egyptians, black dynasties and rulers, Egyptian science and philosophy, and great Egyptologists. It sheds new light on neglected aspects of history. Ivan Van Sertima is professor of African studies, Rutgers University, and editor of the Journal of African Civilizations. He is the author of They Came Before Columbus The African Presence in Ancient America, winner of the Clarence L. Holte International Prize.

    In time they came to regard them as old and familiar friends and real individuals. The Marsh Lions were the most successful group to be filmed for Big Cat Diary, the BBC’s hugely successful TV series presented by Jonathan Scott.

     The strong and resilient Susan Parker, arrives in the inland wilderness as the plain, stocky bride of a missionary--but soon after her arrival she is victim to a violent attack by Hottentot bandits. Seeking comfort and love in this harsh new landscape she becomes the wife of Frans Delport. Slowly, along with the birth of their daughter, they carve out a primitive homestead. Their isolated yet happy existence is threatened when the nearby diamond strikes attract more and more foreigners. Among them: brutish, illegitimate young English sailor Jack Farson; and Russian-Jewish-born, London-bred David Kade. Jack and David become unlikely, ever-feuding partners on a claim at the diamond diggings and suspiciously quick to befriend the Delports. Jack obsessively hunts for diamonds at the farm, finding an epic stone by dismantling the farmhouse; this ""Southern Cross"" diamond will become the start of Jack and David’s fortune--and a source of enmity for decades to come… From diamond digs, to secret affairs, to facing the Boer War; Jack, David and the Delports’ lives become entwined in a way none of them could have foreseen. This is the exciting, complex world of the diamond trade brought to life in this panoramic story of a magnificent diamond and the two men whose lives it dominates.

    The user-friendly design makes it ideal for use in the field, with aids such as color-coding of major bird groups, running heads at the top of each page to indicate which family of birds is being described, large page numbers for easy reference and large accurate paintings which reflect the bird as it is seen in the field.

    This volume documents their life, culture, traditions and celebrations.

    Shows traditional hairstyles used in each region of Africa and modern styles which make use of cornrowing and threading.

    an exceptionally rich source for all those interested insymbolic, religious or social studies." -- Tribus..".an excellent book... fascinating to read." -- Research in AfricanLiteratures..". a volume that establishes the standards bywhich future works on the masked festivals of the Yoruba and other Sub-SaharanAfrican peoples will be judged." -- African Arts..".the most sophisticated art historical analysis of a single African aesthetictradition." -- Tribal Arts Review

    This book provides a bridge between the World War II generation and today's in regard to Africa and Whites.

    

    He talked to presidents and guerrilla leaders, university professors and witch doctors. He bounced from wars to coups oceans apart, catching midnight flights to little-known countries where supposedly decent people were doing unspeakable things to one another. In the tradition of John Gunther's Inside Africa, The Africans is an extraordinary combination of analysis and adventure. Part travelogue, part contemporary history, it is a portrait of a continent that sometimes seems hell-bent on destroying itself, and of people who are as courageous as they are long-suffering.

    

    

    In this fascinating reevaluation of Christian history, West African Christianity concentrates on the role of Africans as the principal agents of, and the significance of African materials in, the spread of Christianity from it's earliers centuries.

    The author describes his adventures as he and his wife traveled around the world in a sailboat for six years

    These titles will be a welcome and much-needed addition to multicultural collections. -- School Library Journal (starred review, 5/83)