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4 unusual facts about Mary Kingsley


African Affairs

The Royal African Society and its journal grew out of the travels of Mary Kingsley, an English writer and explorer who travelled to Africa several times in the 1890s and greatly influenced European study of Africa.

Congo Free State propaganda war

Influenced by Mary Kingsley, an English traveller and writer who showed sympathy for African peoples and respect for different cultures, he became critical of the Foreign Office for not supporting African decolonisation movements.

Donguila

While exploring Gabon, the English writer and explorer Mary Kingsley, is known to have moored her boat at Donguila.

Notes on the Folklore of the Fjort

Notes on the Folklore of the Fjort is a book by Richard Edward Dennett (introduction by Mary H. Kingsley) published in 1898.



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