WEST AFRICA'S MARY KINGSLEY.

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  • Author(s): Birkett, Deborah
  • Source:
    History Today. May87, Vol. 37 Issue 5, p10. 7p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      HISTORY of West Africa; WOMEN'S rights; COLONIES
    • Subject Terms:
      WEST Africa
    • Abstract:
      Describes the contribution of Mary Kingsley to the 19th-century image of West Africa. Attitude toward women's rights; Information on Kingsley's philosophy of separate development of the races and sexes; Difference of Kingsley's vision regarding imperial expansion from that of British Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamberlain.