{"product_id":"womens-voices-on-africa-a-century-of-travel-writings-9781558760486","title":"Women's Voices on Africa: A Century of Travel Writings","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Patricia W. Romero | Princess Mary Louise | Joan R. Forbes\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Markus Wiener Publishers\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Markus Wiener Publishers\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Africa - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong nineteenth- and early twentieth-century European \"discoverers\" of the \"Dark Continent,\" women are rarely mentioned. This anthology of Victorian women's writings on Africa provides a fascinating overview of these women's roles as scholars, missionaries, adventurers, spies, and journalists, and gathers outstanding examples of their ground-breaking scholarly treatises, popular accounts, letters, articles, and thrilling adventure stories -- all of them firsthand documents of women's and African history. The writers include Mary Kingsley, famous for her ethnographic studies and travel writings; the intrepid journalists Katherine Fannin and Joan Rosita Torr Forbes; Princess Marie Louise, reporting on her diplomatic mission; Jocelyn Murray, witness of the 'Mau Mau' insurrection; and numerous missionaries.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Markus Wiener Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47583680331927,"sku":"9781558760486","price":2367.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781558760486.webp?v=1774946035","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/womens-voices-on-africa-a-century-of-travel-writings-9781558760486","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}