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Author: Allen F. Roberts Publisher: Indiana University Press ISBN: 0253007437 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 327
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A Dance of Assassins presents the competing histories of how Congolese Chief Lusinga and Belgian Lieutenant Storms engaged in a deadly clash while striving to establish hegemony along the southwestern shores of Lake Tanganyika in the 1880s. While Lusinga participated in the east African slave trade, Storms' secret mandate was to meet Henry Stanley's eastward march and trace "a white line across the Dark Continent" to legitimize King Leopold's audacious claim to the Congo. Confrontation was inevitable, and Lusinga lost his head. His skull became the subject of a sinister evolutionary treatise, while his ancestral figure is now considered a treasure of the Royal Museum for Central Africa. Allen F. Roberts reveals the theatricality of early colonial encounter and how it continues to influence Congolese and Belgian understandings of history today.
Author: Allen F. Roberts Publisher: Indiana University Press ISBN: 0253007437 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 327
Book Description
A Dance of Assassins presents the competing histories of how Congolese Chief Lusinga and Belgian Lieutenant Storms engaged in a deadly clash while striving to establish hegemony along the southwestern shores of Lake Tanganyika in the 1880s. While Lusinga participated in the east African slave trade, Storms' secret mandate was to meet Henry Stanley's eastward march and trace "a white line across the Dark Continent" to legitimize King Leopold's audacious claim to the Congo. Confrontation was inevitable, and Lusinga lost his head. His skull became the subject of a sinister evolutionary treatise, while his ancestral figure is now considered a treasure of the Royal Museum for Central Africa. Allen F. Roberts reveals the theatricality of early colonial encounter and how it continues to influence Congolese and Belgian understandings of history today.
Author: Jean-Michel David Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 0975712233 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 540
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Reading the Marseille Tarot: A self-paced tarot course based on the Jean Noblet 1650 Paris deck arose out of course materials written for an online 30-week tarot course.
Author: PF Fourie Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa ISBN: 1775841545 Category : Travel Languages : en Pages : 460
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Kruger National Park – Questions & Answers is a compilation of the questions most frequently asked by visitors to the Park, and their answers, given by a seasoned game park official. This new edition has been expanded, and reflects management decisions and changes that have occurred since the last edition appeared in 1992. It is packed with information on topics ranging from animals and their behaviour, ecology and poaching, to accommodation, activities, history of place names, safety, and code of conduct.
Author: Andrew Solway Publisher: Capstone Classroom ISBN: 9781403457714 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 52
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Examines a number of birds of prey such as falcons, eagles, owls, and hawks and includes information on their habitat, prey, and classification.
Author: Susan Myers Publisher: Princeton University Press ISBN: 0691235694 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 416
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A marvelously illustrated A-to-Z compendium of bird names from around the globe The Bird Name Book is an alphabetical reference book on the origins and meanings of common group bird names, from “accentor” to “zeledonia.” A cornucopia of engaging facts and anecdotes, this superbly researched compendium presents a wealth of incisive entries alongside stunning photos by the author and beautiful historic prints and watercolors. Myers provides brief biographies of prominent figures in ornithology—such as John Gould, John Latham, Alfred Newton, and Robert Ridgway—and goes on to describe the etymological history of every common group bird name found in standardized English. She interweaves the stories behind the names with quotes from publications dating back to the 1400s, illuminating the shared evolution of language and our relationships with birds, and rooting the names in the history of ornithological discovery. Whether you are a well-traveled birder or have ever wondered how the birds in your backyard got their names, The Bird Name Book is an ideal companion.
Author: David Lemon Publisher: Grosvenor House Publishing ISBN: 1781482152 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 291
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Mistaken for Jesus, shunned as a Satanist, identified as the spirit of a long dead explorer and repeatedly asked to run for the presidency of Zambia, David Lemon walked eighteen hundred kilometres along the wild Zambezi River. On the way, he spent time with cabinet ministers, drug smugglers, tribal chiefs and villagers, all of whom took him into their hearts and their homes. Exciting, poignant and brilliantly evocative of an Africa that is rapidly disappearing, Cowbells Down the Zambezi tells the story of an epic walk among the River People of Zambia.
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